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Mother Urges Repatriation of Son Amid US Prisoner Airlift

1/27/2026

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Sally Lane, mother of the British-born Jack Letts, called for his repatriation from Syria or Canada as the US plans to airlift 7,000 Islamic State-linked prisoners to Iraq.
Letts, detained for nine years without trial, may face the death penalty in Iraq.
Lane criticized UK and Canadian governments for not communicating about son's fate.
US officials coordinate transfers to Iraq, but it remains unclear if Letts will be among them.

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Sally Lane, mother of the British-born Jack Letts, called for his repatriation from Syria or Canada as the US plans to airlift 7,000 Islamic State-linked prisoners to Iraq.
Letts, detained for nine years without trial, may face the death penalty in Iraq.
Lane criticized UK and Canadian governments for not communicating about son's fate.
US officials coordinate transfers to Iraq, but it remains unclear if Letts will be among them.