U.S. private jail boss released in Afghanistan

[Eugene]

(Associated Press)

U.S. Prison Head Freed in Afghanistan


Saturday September 30, 2006 6:01 PM

AP Photo ABD101

By JASON STRAZIUSO

Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American convicted of running a private prison
in Afghanistan as part of a freelance hunt for terrorists left the country
late Saturday following his release from an Afghan jail, officials said.

Court documents filed Friday in Washington, D.C., show that U.S. officials
planned to help Brent Bennett secure a passport and a ticket out of the
country, and an Associated Press reporter saw a man identified as Bennett
board a plane for Dubai late Saturday.

Bennett, former U.S. soldier Jonathan "Jack" Idema, and Edward Carabello
were arrested in July 2004 and convicted of running a private prison
in Kabul after Afghan security forces raided a house and discovered eight
Afghan men who said they had been abused.

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Idema, who is serving a five-year sentence at the prison, also told the AP
that Bennett was being flown out of the country on Saturday.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6116416,00.html

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