Military Releases Reuters Photographer After Detaining Him for Over a Year

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The U.S. military has released a Reuters photographer who was held without charges for nearly a year and a half, Reuters reports. The military has not explained why it held Jassam Mohammed, a Baghdad native who worked as a freelance photographer for international news agencies, saying the evidence against him is classified.

U.S. and Iraqi forces burst into Mohammed's home in Mahmudiya in the middle of the night in September 2008. He was taken to two different U.S. prisons in Iraq during his time in captivity as the military described him as a "security threat" because of his "activities with insurgents." The Iraqi Central Criminal Court ruled later in 2008 that there was no case against him.

Mohammed was greeted emotionally by his family Wednesday when he was released. "How can I describe my feelings? This is like being born again," he said.

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