The judge also expressed outrage at another provision under the new FDA rules that would require government-issued photo identification to get the pills, placing an "impossible burden" on disadvantaged people without IDs.

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Al-'Owhali, a 24 -year-old Saudi national, was traveling under an alias with Yemeni identification papers when he was arrested in Kenya.

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