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Did Gitmo Turn 'Lost Kid' Into Suicide Bomber?

Case highlights questions as Obama decides inmates' fate

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 22, 2009 11:19 AM CST

(Newser) – A young Guantanamo inmate described by a lawyer as just "a kid who was lost" ended up bombing an Iraqi army outpost last year, killing 13 soldiers. While he was originally thought to be a low-level Taliban fighter—one of the “least dangerous”...   Read full story »

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