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• n  a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

• After PTI reports that a military dog handler, convicted for his role in the prisoner abuse scandal, has been ordered to return to Iraq, the Pentagon decides to bring him back to .
• Hundreds of pages of documents, obtained by PTI, shed new light on how a CIA prisoner died.
• Notorious prisoners' artwork, notes and even nail clippings are hot items online.

• captive

News & Articles

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• Brothers in Arms keep Prisoner of War in national spotlight
  Army Sgt. Bowe R. Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho turned 27 years old on March 28. On that day, a small group of veterans stood outside the Philadelphia Fox 29 TV station with an “unhappy birthday cake,” hoping to make sure the public doesn’t forget he is still a Taliban prisoner, and hoping to keep pressure on the U.S. to work to bring him home.
  June 15, 2013 - Media Town Talk
• Guantanamo prisoner seeks to attend pre-trial talks on secret evidence
  By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A prisoner accused of directing the deadly bombing of a U.S. warship should be allowed to hear pretrial discussions of secret evidence in the death penalty case against him, defense lawyers in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal argued on Wednesday. Trial rules ensure that Saudi defendant Abd al Rahim al Nashiri can be in the ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Former prisoner reportedly says he wrote plea for help found in box of Halloween decorations in 2012
  A 47-year-old former Chinese prisoner has reportedly revealed himself to be the writer of a plea for help that was discovered inside a box of Halloween decorations by an Oregon woman last year.
  June 12, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• John McCain in Ninemsn
  Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war,McCain says in the ad. "I was shot down over Vietnam and spent five years as a POW (prisoner of war). Some of the friends I served with never came home. I hate war. And I know...
• John Roberts in International Herald Tribune
  Roberts said "a condemned prisoner cannot successfully challenge a state's method of execution merely by showing a slightly or marginally safer alternative."
• Arnold Schwarzenegger in LIVENEWS.com.au
  John McCain's character has been tested as no other presidential candidate in the history of this nation,Schwarzenegger said. "He has spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war. He has been tested under torture, under temptation,...