American jailed over private prison released

[Judi Lynn]

American jailed over private prison released
Published: Monday, 2 October, 2006, 09:41 AM Doha Time

KABUL: Afghan authorities have released from jail an American imprisoned in 2004 for running a private jail and illegally detaining and torturing people in a freelance war on terror.

The American, Brent Bennett, was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison after he and two other Americans - Jonathan 'Jack' Idema and Edward Caraballo - were found guilty.

An appeals court later cut their sentences. Bennett was released on Saturday after completing two years of his three-year sentence, a prison official said.

"He was released from Pul-i-Charkhi prison and was flown out of the country," prison commander Abdul Qayoum said yesterday.

Bennett, 29, former US soldier Idema and Caraballo were arrested in Kabul in 2004 after a shootout with security forces.
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Jonathan Keith Idema, Brent Bennett et Edward Caraballo

[DRoseDARs]

1. Maybe now he can be tried at The Hague for war crimes. n/t

[noonwitch]

3. The Bush Administration probably has jobs for them

Now that torture is legal and all that.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Another link here

From CNN Int. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/Afghan.american.ap/index.html

and the orignal report of their arrest in 2004 : http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/09/afghan.prison/index.html