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  • Sixth Briton held at Camp X-Ray

    05/12/2002 5:32:43 AM PDT · by stiga bey · 1 replies · 310+ views
    BBC ^ | May 12, 2002
    More than 250 suspects are being held in Cuba A sixth Briton is being held by the US at Camp X-Ray, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Martin Mubanga was arrested in Zambia and then transferred to the maximum security base at Guantanamo Base in Cuba. The 29-year-old, who has dual British-Zambian nationality, is believed to be from north London. Briton Feroz Abbasi is also being held Mr Mubanga was understood to have had fled to Zambia after fighting in Afghanistan alongside al-Qaeda and the Taleban, according to The Sunday Times. It is thought Mr Mubanga was held by the Zambian...
  • The Next Richard Jewell? (Man Threatens CBS with Slander Suit over Being IDed as Terrorist Suspect)

    08/11/2004 4:18:38 AM PDT · by RatherBiased.com · 5 replies · 379+ views
    It's the kind of story you'd expect to hear about on a 48 Hours episode but this one is no media hype: a Rochester, N.Y. man caught up in a case of mistaken identity is threatening to sue CBS for falsely labeling him as terrorist suspect. The man, Asif Iqbal, whose problems have been going on since 2002 when U.S. forces in Afghanistan arrested another man with the same name, is now facing even greater problems after CBS showed a picture of him in an August 4 Evening News broadcast. It also placed the picture on its Web site until...