[Peace-discuss] USG tyranny

[C. G. Estabrook]

	Judge Orders Release of Gitmo Yemeni ‘Forthwith’
	47-Year-Old Met bin Laden at a Party Once
	by Jason Ditz, August 18, 2009

Mohammed al-Adahi, a 47 year old Yemeni citizen who has been held by the United 
States since 2001 on charges stemming from owning a Casio brand wristwatch, has 
been ordered released by a federal judge today.
Analog Wristwatches Unsuitable for IEDs

Judge Gladys Kessler instructed the US government to “take all necessary and 
appropriate steps” to see to it that Adahi is released “forthwith,” though his 
failing health and ongoing negotiations with the Yemeni government make it 
unclear how soon he might be reunited with his family.

Officials claimed that Adahi was a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, though the sum 
total of its evidence was that the two met once and Adahi owned a Casio watch, 
which was somewhat similar to another watch used by al-Qaeda in IEDs.

Adahi’s defense was that in 2001 he did meet bin Laden once at an official 
gathering in Kandahar which he was compelled to attend, but that he had no other 
contacts with al-Qaeda or the Taliban during his brief visit to Afghanistan. He 
also admitted to owning a Casio watch, but insisted it was analog and therefore 
distinct from the watches used in the bombings.

http://news.antiwar.com/2009/08/18/judge-orders-release-of-gitmo-yemeni-forthwith/