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US Military to Finally Release AP Photog

'Suspect' imprisoned two years in Iraq without charges

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2008 3:20 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer detained in Iraq for two years will finally be released tomorrow, the US military has announced. Bilal Hussein, 36, was held on suspicion of having links to insurgents but was never brought to trial, and the military has now determined he's not a threat to security, AP reports.

"While we may never see eye to eye with the US military over this case, it is time for all of us to move on," said AP's president. "For now, we want him safe and united with his family."

Posters of Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein seen during a protest in front the U.S. embassy in Madrid.
Posters of Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein seen during a protest in front the U.S. embassy in Madrid.   (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Salt Lake Tribune national security reporter Matthew D. LaPlante, and AP photographer Bilal Hussein with other journalists outside the Ramadi Government Center in Iraq.
Salt Lake Tribune national security reporter Matthew D. LaPlante, and AP photographer Bilal Hussein with other journalists outside the Ramadi Government Center in Iraq.   (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan, File)
The U.S. military says Monday it will release AP photographer Bilal Hussein after more than two years in custody.
The U.S. military says Monday it will release AP photographer Bilal Hussein after more than two years in custody.   (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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