Algerian Guantanamo detainee arrives in France

Source: By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press Writer Angela Charlton, Associated Press Writer


PARIS – A Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was at the center of a Supreme Court battle over inmates' rights arrived Friday in France, which agreed to take in the Algerian in a gesture to the Obama administration.

After seven years in the U.S. camp, Lakhdar Boumediene was released Friday and flew to France, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier said.

The French government has arranged for medical care if needed, Chevallier said. Boumediene has been on a hunger strike since 2006 and was force-fed at the prison camp, his lawyers say.

Boumediene requested to come to France because he has family here, Chevallier said. French officials would not provide details about his immediate whereabouts in France after his arrival, citing security reasons.

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how can we refuse take some ourselves? Not that any of them would want to live here. I am becoming pretty disillusioned with this country myself.