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Muslim group: US teen not allowed to leave Kuwait

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON—A Muslim rights group says a U.S. teenager held in Kuwait was not allowed to board a flight back to the United States. An attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Sunday that 19-year-old Gulet Mohamed's brother bought him a plane ticket home at the request of a Kuwaiti deportation official, but that he was not allowed to board the plane after being taken to the airport. CAIR attorney Gadeir Abbas says the Alexandria, Va. teenager is on a no-fly list and the group plans to file a federal court challenge claiming the United States is wrongly blocking the return of a U.S. citizen. Read more at www.ydr.com

 

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