Drone_pilot
23-07-04, 09:56
The US military has admitted it detained an Afghan man handed over by a US citizen accused of running a freelance counter-terrorism operation.
A military spokesman said the prisoner was handed over by the American, Jonathan K Idema, in May.
A BBC correspondent in Kabul says that the disclosure is embarrassing for the US, which said it had had no links with the alleged American mercenary.
He is facing charges of torture, kidnapping and running a private jail.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3916075.stm)
A military spokesman said the prisoner was handed over by the American, Jonathan K Idema, in May.
A BBC correspondent in Kabul says that the disclosure is embarrassing for the US, which said it had had no links with the alleged American mercenary.
He is facing charges of torture, kidnapping and running a private jail.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3916075.stm)