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July 31, 2009

Admin Ordered to Free Gitmo Prisoner
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The Obama administration has been ordered to free a young Afghan
prisoner one day after saying it would allow his release. On Thursday,
District Judge Ellen Huvelle ruled the imprisonment of Mohamed Jawad is
illegal, calling it “a horrible, long, tortured history.” Jawad was as
young as twelve at the time of his capture seven years ago in
Afghanistan and was tortured into confessing to throwing a grenade at a
US soldier. He’s expected to be sent back to Afghanistan next month.



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