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QASSIM v. BUSH

Civ.A. No. 05-0497JR.

382 F.Supp.2d 126 (2005)

Abu Bakker QASSIM, et al., Petitioners, v. George W. BUSH, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Olshansky, New York City, P. Sabin Willett, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, Susan Baker Manning, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Terry Marcus Henry, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Abu Bakker Qassim and A'del Abdu Al-Hakim are Muslim Uighurs, natives of China's western semi-autonomous Xinjiang province. They were captured by Pakistani security forces in late 2001 or early 2002, delivered into U.S. custody, and held in Afghanistan for approximately six months. In June 2002 they were transferred to the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were detained as "enemy combatants...

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