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Jailed Afghan Journalist Declared Enemy Combatant

HeadlineFeb 28, 2008

In Afghanistan, the US military has labeled a journalist for a Canadian television network an enemy combatant. Jawed Ahmad was seized in October and jailed without charge at Bagram Airbase. At least two other journalists are imprisoned in US jails. Al Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Hajj is jailed at Guantanamo Bay, and Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein is being detained in Iraq.

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