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The Obama Administration Will Put a Child Soldier On Trial at Gitmo This Summer

Willam Fisher, IPS News. June 2, 2010.

Omar Khadr, who has spent his entire adult life at Guantanamo, was threatened with rape by U.S. interrogators upon his capture more than seven years ago.

Gitmo Prisoner Captured As Teenager and Tortured in U.S. Custody Is Free

Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2009.

Mohammed Jawad attempted suicide in December 2003 by repeatedly slamming his head against his cell wall.

Federal Judge Slams U.S. Govt for Ongoing Detention of Alleged Child Soldier at Gitmo

Willam Fisher, IPS News. July 27, 2009.

Calling the case "an outrage," U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle urged the lawyers to "let him out. Send him back to Afghanistan."

Why Won't the Bush Administration Release the Uighur Prisoners at Gitmo?

Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent. December 3, 2008.

As the Bush term ends, his administration is using every possible excuse to keep its captives from the "war on terror" imprisoned.