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Iraqi held by US at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes

FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at half-staff at Camp Justice, Aug. 29, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, an Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years has pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE - In this Pentagon reviewed sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin, presiding judge, Navy Capt. J. Kirk Waits addresses Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who presses a button on his microphone so he can respond, during his arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, on June 18, 2014. The Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years, has pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)
Iraqi held by US at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes