Legal Opinion
Adham Awad v. Barack Obama
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 8, 2010No. 09-5351PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We find no reversible error in the district court’s finding that Awad was “part of’ al Qaeda in December of 2001. Awad admits that he traveled to Afghanistan in mid-September 2001 for the purpose of engaging in armed conflict against U.S. and allied forces. Evidence from multiple sources clearly supports the proposition that in December of 2001 Awad joined a group of al Qaeda…
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