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Family sues for release of Kenyan in Guantanamo

18 Oct 2007 16:10:14 GMT
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NAIROBI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The family of a Kenyan suspected of involvement in attacks on Israeli interests in the east African country in 2002 sued in Kenya's High Court on Thursday for his release from Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Kenya handed Mohamed Abdul Malik, 37, over to U.S. authorities in March. He is accused of involvement in two attacks in Kenya, for which Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network claimed responsibility.

"His arrest, detention and subsequent rendition to Guantanamo Bay is illegitimate and unlawful ... it is sought that this court does order his immediate production and release," lawyer Ken Nyaundi said in a court application.

Even if successful, the suit is unlikely to lead to Malik's release as the court has no jurisdiction in the United States.

In March, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Malik had been transferred to Guantanamo "due to the significant threat" he represented.

Whitman said Malik had admitted involvement in an attack on a hotel in the resort of Mombasa that killed at least 15 people in November 2002 and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner near the Indian Ocean port on the same day.

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