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Guantánamo Bay Prisoner Abu Zubaydah Argues for His Freedom

HeadlineAug 24, 2016

In news on Guantánamo Bay, prisoner Abu Zubaydah has argued for his release at a rare hearing held via video stream Tuesday. Zubaydah has been held for 14 years without trial, during which time he was waterboarded more than 80 times. When he was captured in 2002, the CIA insisted he was a top al-Qaeda operative. The U.S. government has since admitted he was never an al-Qaeda leader, yet his imprisonment has continued. During Tuesday’s hearing, Zubaydah declared in a prepared statement read by a U.S. soldier that he “has no desire or intent to harm the United States or any other country.”

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