Prisoner Released From Guantanamo Bay
From Times Wire Reports
Mamdouh Habib, an Australian held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returned to his hometown of Sydney aboard a chartered jet, more than three years after his arrest in Pakistan.
The U.S. suspected Habib, who was arrested three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, of aiding Al Qaeda but did not charge him. Australian officials said they would monitor his actions.
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