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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

US releases Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner after holding him two decades without charge

AP

Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner has been released after being held for nearly two decades without charges.

Seventy-five-year-old Saifullah Paracha was transferred to the detention centre in 2004 following his capture during an FBI sting operation in Thailand. Mr Paracha, who was 56 at the time, was accused of meeting Osama Bin Laden and helping 9/11 orchestrators “facilitate financial transactions and propaganda.”

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