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May 5, 2008

Sami Al Haj interrogated about Al Jazeera links to Al Qaida

By paulmcnally

US interrogators at Guantanamo asked Sami Al Haj the same question 125 times during his six-year detention without trial: “What were al-Jazeera’s links to al-Qaida?”

Speaking to the Guardian, Al Haj’s lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, said his client had been confused for another man called Sami, a cameraman who filmed an interview with Osama bin Laden in October 2001.

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