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Gitmo Prisoner Commits Suicide

Yemeni detainee held since 2002 with no charges

By Jess Kilby, Newser User

Posted Jun 3, 2009 1:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Yemeni man was found dead in his Guantanamo Bay cell last night in the fifth apparent prisoner suicide at the facility, reports the Los Angeles Times. Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, 31, was imprisoned at Guantanamo since February 2002 on accusations he trained with the... Read full story »

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