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Associated PressPosted on Wed, Jun. 13, 2007
American said to run Afghan jail freedKABUL, Afghanistan -- An American imprisoned in Afghanistan
for running a private jail for terror suspects has left the
prison where he was held for almost three years and departed
the country, the chief of the prison said Wednesday.
Jack Idema, a former Green Beret, was pardoned by President
Hamid Karzai in March as part of a general amnesty. Rahim
Ahmadzai, Idema's Afghan lawyer, said the American left the
Afghan prison on June 2 and then flew out of Afghanistan.
Shamir, the chief of Policharki prison where Idema was held,
said Idema had wanted to stay in Afghanistan and couldn't
get a visa, yet was still happy to leave the country.
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