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Morocco acquits five former Guantanamo inmates

19 Jan 2007 12:11:39 GMT
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RABAT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Five Moroccans sent home from the Guantanamo U.S. military camp in 2004 were acquitted on Friday of terrorism charges levelled at them on their return.

The five were accused of criminal gang membership, failure to denounce crimes harming state security, funding criminal organisations and passport forgery.

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