Originally published Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 8:45 AM
PrintYemen releases Osama bin Laden's former driver
The lawyer for Osama bin Laden's former driver says his client has been released from a Yemeni prison after serving out his sentence.
Associated Press Writer
The lawyer for Osama bin Laden's former driver says his client has been released from a Yemeni prison after serving out his sentence.
Lawyer Khaled Al-Anas says Salim Hamdan was released Friday.
A Yemeni Interior Ministry official has confirmed the release but says it happened Saturday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
The reason for the discrepancy was not clear.
A U.S. military tribunal convicted Hamdan in August of aiding al-Qaida and sentenced him to 5 1/2 years in prison. He had already served five years and a month at Guantanamo Bay prison at the time.
The U.S. transferred Hamdan to his home country Yemen at the end of 2008 to serve out the rest of his sentence.
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