Source:
CNNWASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Yemeni man held by the U.S. military since late 2001 is to be released from custody at the Guantanamo Bay military prison after the Obama administration asked a federal court Monday to postpone his pending case
Still, the release of Ayman Saeed Batarfi, a doctor, will not be an easy matter, officials said. The "hard part" will be finding a country willing to take him, one Justice Department official told CNN.
Batarfi, 38, is among the longest-serving suspected terrorists held in U.S. custody since the September 11, 2001, attacks, though his lawyers deny he is a terrorist.
Batarfi was first held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and transferred to the Guantanamo prison in early 2002. His defense team contends he has been held there for years in virtual isolation, and forced to provide involuntary statements about his alleged terror activities.
Though the Bush administration declared him an enemy combatant, alleging ties to al Qaeda, he has not been formally charged by the military.
Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/guantanamo.detainee.release/index.html