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Al-Jazeera Cameraman Still at Guantanamo

Friday, February 23, 2007 12:06:16 PM
By BEN FOX and ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU

 In this Sept. 19, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, a detainee walks laps around the excercise area at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. On Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that foreign-born prisoners seized as potential terrorists may not challenge their detention in U.S. courts. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - A TV cameraman is getting an inside view of life at Guantanamo Bay prison — only he is unable to get out and tell the story.

Sami al-Hajj, of the Al-Jazeera TV network, was stopped at the Afghanistan border by Pakistani authorities in December 2001, turned over to U.S. forces and hauled in chains six months later to Guantanamo, where about 390 men are held on suspicion of links to al-Qaida or the Taliban.

Al-Hajj, a 38-year-old native of Sudan, has been held in this U.S. military prison ever since.


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