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July 30, 2009

US to Release Young Gitmo Prisoner
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The Obama administration has OKed the release of a young Afghan prisoner
at Guantanamo Bay. The prisoner, Mohamed Jawad, was as young as twelve
at the time of his capture seven years ago in Afghanistan. Last week,
the Obama administration admitted it could no longer hold Jawad as an
enemy combatant after a federal judge ruled his confession was obtained
through torture. Jawad’s confession that he threw a grenade at a US
soldier reportedly came after an interrogator threatened to kill him and
his family. On Thursday, Justice Department lawyers said Jawad will be
freed from Guantanamo Bay next month. His lawyers expect him to be sent
back to Afghanistan.



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