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Article: Prisoner at Guantanamo Bay claims he was born in United States, Pentagon says
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- April 4, 2002
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
One of the 300 prisoners the U.S. military is holding in Cuba claims
he was born in Louisiana to Saudi parents and is an American citizen,
a Pentagon spokesman said. The claim, if true, could lead to his
transfer from the detention center at a Navy base.
The Justice Department found a birth certificate in the state that
appears to match the man's claim, Defense Department spokesman Bryan
Whitman said Wednesday. Whitman declined to identify the prisoner.
The man says he was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while his parents
were working in the state, and accompanied them to Saudi Arabia when
he was a toddler, Whitman said.
The man was captured after ...