AP:
The family of one of the youngest prisoners ever held at Guantanamo plans to sue the U.S. government.
His lawyers say Mohammed Jawad will seek compensation for mistreatment and an adolescence lost to nearly seven years in a cell.
They say he needs tutoring and psychological counseling.
Jawad returned to Afghanistan this week after a military judge ruled that he was coerced into confessing that he threw a grenade at an unmarked vehicle in the capital in 2002. The attack wounded two American soldiers and their interpreter.
Jawad and his family say he was 12 when he was arrested, and that he is now 19 years old. The Pentagon has said a bone scan showed he was about 17 when taken into custody. He does not have a birth certificate.
Jawad told The Associated Press says he was “an innocent child” when they put him in prison.
He says he wants to become a doctor because he was impressed by the way doctors at Guantanamo helped people.






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