Judge upholds Algerian's detention at Guantánamo

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Miami Herald

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge Tuesday upheld the indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay of a prisoner who was captured in Pakistan with an alleged terrorist after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Algerian captive Abdul Razak Ali, 40, claimed his was a case of mistaken identity and denied that he engaged in any terrorist activity.

But U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said there was ample evidence showing Razak Ali was part of a fighting force formed by Zayn Abdeen al-Hussein, a Palestinian better known as ``Abu Zubaydah.''

Abu Zubaydah, considered an al Qaeda facilitator, was held for years at a secret CIA prison but was brought to Guantánamo in 2006.


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