A U.S. citizen being held without charges in Iraq must be allowed to meet with a lawyer to see if he wants to challenge his detention, a federal judge has ordered. The man, who is accused of fighting for Islamic State, has been held as an enemy combatant by the military ever since he surrendered to a U.S.-backed militia in Syria in September. The man hasn’t been charged with a crime, but the U.S. government has continued to detain him while officials try to decide how to handle his case. She also said the government could not monitor the conversation and barred the military from transferring the man to another country. Read More of this articleSource: Los Angeles Times(Visited 9 times, 1 visits today)Commentscomments

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