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U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Gitmo detainee can sue Australia

An Australian citizen who was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can proceed with a lawsuit against the Australian government, the Federal Court has ruled.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Official: ASIO knew about Habib rendition

The U.S. government told the former head of Australia's spy agency it wanted to render Mamdouh Habib to Egypt for questioning, an official said.

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Alleged torture victim eyes politics

Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib, who alleged he was once tortured while detained in Egypt, is fighting back by running for a seat in his region's parliament.

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Former Guantanamo detainee stabbed in park

An Australian man released after three years in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay was wounded in an attack near his home in Sydney.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Australia to probe Habib detention

Calls mounted Wednesday for an Australian probe into an Egyptian man's claims the country cooperated with Egypt as he was being tortured.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Tapped phone call links Habib to Sept. 11

An intercepted phone call from terror suspect Mamdouh Habib days before the Sept. 11, 2001 U.S. terror attacks referred to a "big event," The Australian said.

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Australian released from GTMO jail

The release of Australian Mamdouh Habib from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Friday brought the number of detainees freed to 208, the U.S. Defense Department said.

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Terror suspect returns to Australian home

Australian authorities plan to monitor a U.S. detainee who arrived Friday in Sydney after more than three years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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No Australian apology for terror suspect

The Australian government will offer no apology or compensation to terror suspect Mamdouh Habib as he returns home from imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay. The United States has announced that Habib, who was held for three years, will be released and sent bac

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U.S. terror suspect alleges Egyptian abuse

An Egyptian-born Australian citizen is claiming the United States shipped him back to Egypt in 2001 where he underwent six months of torture.

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I push him away and he keep trying, he keep trying, but he's not really try to kill me or try to harm me badly
Former Guantanamo detainee stabbed in park Aug 23, 2005

Mamdouh Habib is an Egyptian born Australian Muslim best known for his extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. His Guantanamo Internee Security Number was 661.

The United States accused Habib of having knowledge of the September 11, 2001 attacks, training the hijackers, staying at an al-Qaeda safe house in Afghanistan, conducted surveillance, helping transfer chemical weapons, and planning to hijack the aircraft used in the September 11 attacks; but there was no evidence to support these claims and he was eventually released, and Australian officials acknowledged that he "knew nothing about terrorism".

In November 2008, Habib released a book co-written with Julia Collingwood titled My Story: The Tale of a Terrorist Who Wasn't detailing his experiences.

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