THE MILITARY ON WEDNESDAY SUSPENDED CONTROVERSIAL FLIGHTS OF AFGHAN WA...

World | January 24, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

The military on Wednesday suspended controversial flights of Afghan war captives to a U.S. base in Cuba to expand jail facilities there and prepare to question the prisoners in the fight against terrorism. The move came amid harsh criticism of treatment of the detainees as captured U.S. Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh was being flown under tight guard to Washington to face trial in a federal court in nearby Alexandria, Virginia.

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