Lawyer To Sue US On Guantanamo Detention

Lawyers of one of the youngest detainees held at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay say he will sue the United States for compensation.

Mohammed Jawad was released and arrived in his native Afghanistan earlier this week. He was in custody for seven years.

Mr Jawad had been accused of injuring two US soldiers and their interpreter by throwing a grenade at their vehicle.

His family says he was twelve at the time of his detention in 2002.The Pentagon, however, disputes his age.

Much of the case against him had been ruled inadmissible by a US military judge in 2008.

Mr Jawad's release was ordered last month by US District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle, who described the US government's case against him as "an outrage" that was "riddled with holes".

US government lawyers had said they were considering pursuing a criminal case against Mr Jawad, but no charges were filed.

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