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Released GITMO detainee to sue US government

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Published: 09 September, 2009, 20:03
Edited: 10 September, 2009, 09:36

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“Facts came out in judicial papers that [Mohammed Jawad] was, in fact, tortured. [This] has really set him apart from the other detainees,” Captain Christopher Kannady, detainee Jawad’s defence lawyer, explained.

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