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| A US judge has ordered the release of one of the youngest detainees at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay. | A US judge has ordered the release of one of the youngest detainees at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay. |
| US District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle said Mohammed Jawad would be released by late August. | US District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle said Mohammed Jawad would be released by late August. |
| Mr Jawad was 12 when he was arrested in Afghanistan in 2002, his lawyer says, but 17 according to the Pentagon. He is expected to return home. | |
| He had been accused of injuring two US soldiers and their interpreter by throwing a grenade at their vehicle. | He had been accused of injuring two US soldiers and their interpreter by throwing a grenade at their vehicle. |
| US officials had said there was no military case for Mr Jawad's continued detention. | US officials had said there was no military case for Mr Jawad's continued detention. |
| Earlier, Mr Jawad's lawyer, Jonathan Haretz, told the BBC he was "cautiously optimistic" his client would be set free. | Earlier, Mr Jawad's lawyer, Jonathan Haretz, told the BBC he was "cautiously optimistic" his client would be set free. |
| "They've not produced any evidence so far and enough is enough. It's time for Mr Jawad to go home," he said. | "They've not produced any evidence so far and enough is enough. It's time for Mr Jawad to go home," he said. |
| Government lawyers had said they wished to keep Mr Jawad in detention to give them time to build a criminal case against him which could see him being prosecuted in a US courtroom. | |
| But Mr Hafetz said this would be "another traumatising experience" for Mr Jawad and that the "nightmare will continue for no good reason". | |
| The Afghan government has requested that he be sent home and in October 2008, a US military judge ruled confessions Mr Jawad had made were inadmissible because they were obtained under torture. | |
| Closure pledge | |
| In July this year, Judge Huvelle described the US government's case against Mr Jawad as "an outrage" that was "riddled with holes". | |
| MOHAMMED JAWAD Charged in Afghanistan in December 2002 for allegedly attacking a US military jeepClaims his confession was obtained using tortureUS government's case against him described by a judge as "riddled with holes" | |
| Observers say that if Mr Jawad is returned to Afghanistan it could mean that other Guantanamo detainees will also be released. | |
| Shortly after entering the White House, US President Barack Obama pledged to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. | |
| Since making the pledge, administration officials have been reviewing the case files of Guantanamo detainees in an attempt to determine which prisoners should face criminal trials, which should face military commissions, which should be released and which can neither be tried nor released. | |
| Mr Obama has said he wants the camp to be closed by January 2010. |