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Article: Prisoner at Guantanamo Bay apparently was born in United States, Pentagon says

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Dateline: WASHINGTON One of the 300 prisoners from Afghanistan held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, apparently holds American citizenship and could be transferred to the United States to face federal charges, officials said Thursday.

Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke identified the prisoner as Yasser Esam Hamdi and said a Louisiana birth certificate says he was born 22 years ago to Saudi parents who worked there at the time. He moved to Saudi Arabia with them as a toddler, she said.

Many details of Hamdi's status were unclear, including whether he holds Saudi citizenship and whether he is affiliated with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist organization or the Taliban ...

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