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Yemen Doc Cleared to Leave Gitmo After 7 Years

Justice Department clears detainee for transfer to unknown country

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(Newser) – A Yemeni doctor held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 has been cleared for transfer abroad as part of the administration's review of prisoner cases, reports CNN. Justice Department officials say the hard part now will be to find a country willing to take him. The Bush administration once claimed the physician had taken part in an anthrax program of Al Qaeda, but he was never charged with any crime. Federal attorneys filed a motion to halt all legal proceedings against him yesterday.

A member of the US military stands watch in a guard tower along the fence line of Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A member of the US military stands watch in a guard tower along the fence line of Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.   (Getty Images)
Dr. Ayman Saeed Batarfi was held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan after being captured near the Pakistani border and was later transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
Dr. Ayman Saeed Batarfi was held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan after being captured near the Pakistani border and was later transferred to Guantanamo Bay.   (Getty Images)
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There was no basis under international law for the US government to hold him. - William J. Murphy, lawyer for Guantanamo detainee Dr. Ayman Saeed Batarfi

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Doctor_Zaius
Mar 31, 09 6:07 AM CDT
Another colossal screw up by the Bush admin. If this guy did something wrong they needed to get evidence to prove it. Now, with nothing concrete on him, we have no choice but to let him go and when he returns to wherever if he wasn't working for the bad guys there's a good chance that after 7 years of water boarding or worse, he will be. Reply
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Corona_Kinq
Mar 31, 09 7:44 AM CDT
If that doc wasn't a terrorist when he went into Gitmo, he probably is one now. Reply
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TerrifiedCitizen
Mar 31, 09 12:54 PM CDT
Spirited away in the darkness... history, no matter how terrifying, continues to repeat itself as if mankind doesn't know how to read. Reply
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