One Guantanamo Prisoner to be Freed
The Combatant Status Review Tribunal at Guantanamo has decided that one detainee is not an enemy combatant and will be released to his home country. Details about the detainee were not released, only that he has been held at Guantanamo since May, 2002 when he was seized in Afghanistan--over 2 years ago.
Out of 30 hearings, this is the only ruling in favor of a detainee.
The Pentagon has defined an enemy combatant as a person "who was part of or supporting Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. This includes any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces." The other 29 men whose cases were reviewed by these tribunals, which started last month, were determined to be enemy combatants, England said.
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