By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 8, 2011.The United States military sent a Guantánamo prisoner back to his native Algeria on Thursday over the objections of his lawyers, who said he feared being tortured in his homeland.">By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 8, 2011.The United States military sent a Guantánamo prisoner back to his native Algeria on Thursday over the objections of his lawyers, who said he feared being tortured in his homeland.">

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Guantánamo Prisoner Sent Home

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 8, 2011.The United States military sent a Guantánamo prisoner back to his native Algeria on Thursday over the objections of his lawyers, who said he feared being tortured in his homeland.

The prisoner, Saiid Farhi, had been held without charge at the American base in Cuba for nearly nine years. A federal court in Washington ordered his release in November 2009, finding that the government failed to prove he was a member of Al Qaeda or the Taliban.

Source: www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/americas/08briefs-Prisoner.html

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