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Charge Dismissed Against Guantanamo Detainee

By Jackie Northam
Published June 4, 2007 at 10:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a Canadian prisoner charged with killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.

Omar Khadr was 15 when he was captured after a deadly firefight in Afghanistan. He is now 20 and is expected to remain at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Jackie Northam
Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.
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