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Profile: Sami al-Hajj
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5-1-2008 8:05 PM
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5-1-2008
9:59 PM
dulios
From the BBC: he's just been released!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7378828.stm
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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4D338E8A-BB4C-49C8-8B4D-496394A8FAF7.htm"><FONT size="2">Al-Hajj had been sent to the area to cover the US war against the Taliban and held a legitimate work visa.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4D338E8A-BB4C-49C8-8B4D-496394A8FAF7.htm"><FONT size="2">He was arrested after suspicions that he had links with al-Qaeda when his name and passport number came up on a list </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4D338E8A-BB4C-49C8-8B4D-496394A8FAF7.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/english.aljazeera.net/img/B141ED16-6E24-4FCF-8185-76BBEA040778" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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