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UK Admits Sending 2 Prisoners to US

HeadlineFeb 27, 2009

The British government has retracted previous denials of involvement in the US program of kidnapping and transferring suspects to foreign jails. On Thursday, British Defense Minister John Hutton said Britain has previously handed the US two prisoners captured in Iraq. The prisoners were then sent to Afghanistan, where they remain after more than four years.

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