Guantanamo phone report was in error, U.S. says

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Source: Reuters

Guantanamo phone report was in error, U.S. says
Sat May 24, 2008 12:18pm EDT

By Jane Sutton

MIAMI (Reuters)- The U.S. military erred when it said an
accused al Qaeda conspirator at Guantanamo had completed
a court-authorized phone call to his family in Sudan, a
spokeswoman said.

A judge in the Guantanamo war crimes court ordered on
Thursday that defendant Ibrahim al Qosi be allowed to make
the call by July 1.

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The judge ordered his captors to work with the International
Committee of the Red Cross to arrange a phone call so Qosi
could ask his family to find him a lawyer he would trust.
He is accused of serving as a bodyguard, driver and logistics
operative for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan
and faces life in prison if convicted.

(Editing by Eric Beech)

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