U.S. frees youngest Guantanamo detainee: lawyer

[Old Coot]

Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The youngest detainee held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, seized when he was just 14 years old, has been released after seven years in captivity, his lawyers said on Thursday.

Mohammed El Gharani, a Chadian citizen, was set free five months after a U.S. federal judge ordered him released after reviewing the evidence against him and ruling that it did not prove he was ever an "enemy combatant."

Gharani has already returned to Chad, his lawyers said. There was no immediate confirmation from U.S. authorities of his release.

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"The idea that it took seven years and a federal judge to sort this out demonstrates just how failed an experiment Guantanamo Bay is."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSLB1360192009...

[CoffeeCat]

1. So, this 21 year old spend ONE THIRD...

...of his life locked up in Guantanamo.

And the evidence showed we never proved he was an enemy combatant, or that he ever did anything wrong.

Why in the hell did it take seven years to prove that?

This is so revolting, I can barely stand it.

If he wasn't guilty---then why was my country holding a 14-year old kid?

What in the hell is going on???

[alstephenson]

2. K & R (with great disgust)

[yodermon]

3. bcz he was a SUPER DANGEROUS MUTANT ALQAIDA X-MAN DEMONCHILD

didncha know.
I seriously wonder what kind of abuse he suffered and if/how he'll be able to cope.

[choie]

7. I only wish that kid could sue the ass off of the United States

[Politicalboi]

11. Maybe he could sue

Bush/Cheney in a civil case. I sure hope so.

[The Stranger]

4. Remind me again why the criminals who set up, ran, and still defend the concentration camp still

walk free?

[mbperrin]

16. Because, because. because...you know, I will be damned if I KNOW

why those bastards are still walking around...

[hangman86]

5. I hope more stories like this keep coming out after

the rest of the innocent detainees are freed. The American public should know just how many innocent lives we ruined because of our witch hunt tactics.

[sabra]

6. but the Cheneys just said on TV that Gitmo is currently detaining the worst of the worst!

[Soylent Brice]

8. photo:

[RC]

9. Doesn't he look happy to be out.

I bet he bought flowers all around for his guards.

[w4rma]

10. Guantanamo Bay has been a failure, just like everything Bush and Cheney touched. (nt)

[struggle4progress]

12. Two Guantanamo detainees sent to Iraq, Chad (AFP)

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Two Guantanamo detainees, a young man with dual Chadian and Saudi nationalities and an Iraqi, were transferred to Chad and to Iraq respectively, the US Justice Department said Thursday.

Jawad Jabber Sadhkan arrived in Iraq overnight Wednesday to Thursday, while Mohammed al-Gharani arrived in Chad on Thursday, the department said in a statement.

These were the seventh and eighth releases from the controversial US Navy-run detention camp in southeastern Cuba since President Barack Obama entered the White House in January ...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGjC...

[No Elephants]

13. If it failed, why are we doing the same thing in Afghanistan now?

[Vidar]

14. Good.

[Solly Mack]

15. K&R