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November 30, 2012

Report: Gitmo Prisoner Adnan Latif Died of Overdose in Apparent Suicide 
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A U.S. military official says autopsy results show a Guantánamo Bay
prisoner who died in September had taken an overdose of medication in an
apparent suicide. Adnan Latif was a Yemeni national who had attempted
suicide multiple times since his imprisonment a decade ago. He was at
least the ninth foreign prisoner to die at Guantánamo since the United
States began jailing foreigners there in 2002. Latif had remained at
Guantánamo despite being cleared for release several times. An unnamed
official told the Associated Press it was unclear how Latif had gathered
enough medication to kill himself. Latif’s lawyer said he remains
skeptical his death was a suicide.

 

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