Some people who were captured in Iraq and Afghanistan are not U.S. citizens. The U.S. government has labeled them enemy combatants. An enemy combatant is a person involved in military action against the United States.

Hammed Jawad is a teenager from Afghanistan. He was accused of throwing a grenade at a U.S. military vehicle. He was imprisoned for six years before his case went to trial. While in prison, Jawad confessed to the crime. He later said he only confessed because he had been tortured.