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Military Arrests Second U.S. Officer in Guantanamo Bay

HeadlineSep 24, 2003

For the second time this months, the U.S. military has arrested one of its own at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where it is holding over 600 detainees captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The Pentagon announced yesterday Senior Air Force Airman Ahmad Al-Halabi faces 32 criminal charges related to spying. Al-Halabi, who worked as a translator, is being charged with giving classified information from the prison to Syria. On Sept. 10, Army Chaplain James Yee was arrested but charges have not been filed yet.

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