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Another American citizen found among captured Taliban

The United States believes it's discovered another American citizen among the suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay.

Washington correspondent Lisa Millar reports the U-S military is preparing to fly the detainee to a prison near Washington.

The Pentagon has identified the 22 year old prisoner as Yasser Esam Hamdi, who was apparently born in Lousiana but his Saudi parents took him to their homeland when he was a toddler. It's not clear if he's renounced his U-S citizenship but if confirmed to be an American he may be tried in a U-S court like John Walker Lindh, rather than before a special military tribunal. Lisa Millar Washington.

05/04/2002 14:02:31 | ABC Radio Australia News

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