American said to run Afghan jail freed

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Posted on Wed, Jun. 13, 2007

American said to run Afghan jail freed

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American imprisoned in Afghanistan
for running a private jail for terror suspects has left the
prison where he was held for almost three years and departed
the country, the chief of the prison said Wednesday.

Jack Idema, a former Green Beret, was pardoned by President
Hamid Karzai in March as part of a general amnesty. Rahim
Ahmadzai, Idema's Afghan lawyer, said the American left the
Afghan prison on June 2 and then flew out of Afghanistan.

Shamir, the chief of Policharki prison where Idema was held,
said Idema had wanted to stay in Afghanistan and couldn't
get a visa, yet was still happy to leave the country.


Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/138065.html

[seemslikeadream]

1. OMG Jack is FREE!

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[struggle4progress]

2. American convicted of running private Afghan jail freed from prison, leaves Afghanistan

The Associated Press
Published: June 13, 2007

~snip~ Idema was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Kabul court in September 2004 on charges of entering Afghanistan illegally, making illegal arrests, establishing a private jail and torturing its inmates. ~snip~

Idema, who claims to have fought with the Northern Alliance forces that toppled the Taliban regime in late 2001, has maintained that his activities in Afghanistan were sanctioned by the U.S. government.

The U.S. military acknowledges accepting prisoners from Idema in Afghanistan in 2004 and the separate NATO-led force there helped him with raids near Kabul. ~snip~

A U.S. federal judge in April said the United States had to respond to a lawsuit by Idema alleging that the State Department and FBI illegally kept him imprisoned, directed his torture and destroyed evidence.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/14/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-US-Prisoner.php