U.S. to release alleged ISIS fighter in Syria, with $4K in cash and a cellphone
By JOSH GERSTEIN 06/07/2018 07:10 PM EDT
The Trump administration is planning to release a suspected ISIS fighter in Syria with more than $4,000 in cash and a new cellphone, a Pentagon official said in a court filing released on Thursday.
The U.S. military has been holding the unidentified man, who is a Saudi-U.S. dual citizen, as a prisoner for about nine months.
“Upon his release, the Petitioner will be given $4,210 in cash, the same amount he had in his possession when was captured,” the Pentagon official, Mark Mitchell, said in a declaration filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. “He will also be provided a new cellular phone (in its original sealed packaging), which he can activate and use if he desires to do so. He will be provided sufficient food and water to last for several days.”
Mitchell, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations/low-intensity conflict, did not say precisely why the prisoner’s funds were being returned or why he was being given a phone. However, the Pentagon official called the planned release “safe” and said it complied with “traditional military practice.”
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