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01-21-2007, 03:25 AM
MiamiHerald.com | 01/20/2007 | Ex-prisoner, now 19, is back in U.S. custody (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/16504245.htm?)
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WAR AGAINST TERRORISM
Ex-prisoner, now 19, is back in U.S. custody
An Afghan fighter who was detained at Guantánamo Bay when he was about 15 is a prisoner again, captured in a battle with U.S. troops.
BY BEN FOX
Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Nearly three years after his release, an Afghan teen who was among three youths from his country held here has been recaptured in Afghanistan for fighting against U.S. forces, a senior camp official says.
The Afghan, who was about 15 when he was swept up along with hundreds of others and taken to Guantánamo Bay, is among a few former prisoners who have been killed or recaptured following their release by U.S. authorities, said Paul Rester, director of the Joint Intelligence Group at the detention center.
The former detainee would now be about 19.
WON'T COME BACK
He was captured more than a year ago after a shootout with U.S. troops, according to Rester, who said in an interview that there are no plans to bring him back to Guantánamo Bay, where the military holds nearly 400 men on suspicion of links to al Qaeda or the Taliban.
''He's not been brought back here,'' he said. ``We're not bringing anybody here.''
Authorities did not release the young man's name, and the detention center commander, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, said details about his capture remain classified. A Pentagon spokesman also declined to comment.
It was unknown where he was being held in Afghanistan, where the United States holds about 620 prisoners.
The United States has released nearly 380 detainees from Guantánamo Bay, and Defense Department officials say at least 20 have taken up arms again. Those include at least two Russians arrested by authorities in Russia and two other Afghans, the officials said.
''A portion of that 20, we've killed them so we know they've returned to the fight,'' Harris told the Associated Press. ``Some of them are in jail today so we know they returned to the fight.''
Disclosing details about the former detainees could compromise U.S. intelligence gathering, Harris said.
AGE WAS ESTIMATED
The twice-captured detainee was one of three Afghans whose ages were estimated to be under 16 by the military, based on medical tests at Guantánamo. U.S. authorities did not know their precise ages.
Human rights groups said the juveniles may have been younger than 15 and urged their release, saying it was wrong to hold them as enemy combatants at the remote detention center at a Navy base in southeast Cuba. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which had visited the juveniles, said it was concerned about keeping them away from their families and the possible psychological effect of detaining them so young.
Attorneys who monitor the detention center said they had been unaware that the young Afghan had been taken back into custody.
Why did we let him go?
I thought we just raped and killed everything......Please......
that is why gitmo is there, cause if we let them go....we will have to get them again.....lets just shot them next time though.
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Posted on Sat, Jan. 20, 2007email thisprint this
WAR AGAINST TERRORISM
Ex-prisoner, now 19, is back in U.S. custody
An Afghan fighter who was detained at Guantánamo Bay when he was about 15 is a prisoner again, captured in a battle with U.S. troops.
BY BEN FOX
Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Nearly three years after his release, an Afghan teen who was among three youths from his country held here has been recaptured in Afghanistan for fighting against U.S. forces, a senior camp official says.
The Afghan, who was about 15 when he was swept up along with hundreds of others and taken to Guantánamo Bay, is among a few former prisoners who have been killed or recaptured following their release by U.S. authorities, said Paul Rester, director of the Joint Intelligence Group at the detention center.
The former detainee would now be about 19.
WON'T COME BACK
He was captured more than a year ago after a shootout with U.S. troops, according to Rester, who said in an interview that there are no plans to bring him back to Guantánamo Bay, where the military holds nearly 400 men on suspicion of links to al Qaeda or the Taliban.
''He's not been brought back here,'' he said. ``We're not bringing anybody here.''
Authorities did not release the young man's name, and the detention center commander, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, said details about his capture remain classified. A Pentagon spokesman also declined to comment.
It was unknown where he was being held in Afghanistan, where the United States holds about 620 prisoners.
The United States has released nearly 380 detainees from Guantánamo Bay, and Defense Department officials say at least 20 have taken up arms again. Those include at least two Russians arrested by authorities in Russia and two other Afghans, the officials said.
''A portion of that 20, we've killed them so we know they've returned to the fight,'' Harris told the Associated Press. ``Some of them are in jail today so we know they returned to the fight.''
Disclosing details about the former detainees could compromise U.S. intelligence gathering, Harris said.
AGE WAS ESTIMATED
The twice-captured detainee was one of three Afghans whose ages were estimated to be under 16 by the military, based on medical tests at Guantánamo. U.S. authorities did not know their precise ages.
Human rights groups said the juveniles may have been younger than 15 and urged their release, saying it was wrong to hold them as enemy combatants at the remote detention center at a Navy base in southeast Cuba. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which had visited the juveniles, said it was concerned about keeping them away from their families and the possible psychological effect of detaining them so young.
Attorneys who monitor the detention center said they had been unaware that the young Afghan had been taken back into custody.
Why did we let him go?
I thought we just raped and killed everything......Please......
that is why gitmo is there, cause if we let them go....we will have to get them again.....lets just shot them next time though.