Court Blocks Gitmo Inmate's Transfer To Algeria

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Chicago Tribune
January 1, 2008
Pg. 11

A U.S. federal appeals court Monday blocked the Bush administration from transferring a detainee at Guantanamo Bay to Algeria, where the prisoner says his life would be in danger from the government and Al Qaeda.
The court is stopping any transfer while it weighs Ahmed Belbacha's request that he not be returned to his homeland.
Belbacha was brought to Guantanamo Bay in 2002 from Pakistan. The U.S. military calls Belbacha as an enemy combatant, saying he associated with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
 
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