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Former "Rehabilitated" Gitmo Detainee Becomes Al-Qaeda Chief
Former "Rehabilitated" Gitmo Detainee Becomes Al-Qaeda Chief
Great. A former Gitmo detainee has become a leader of Al-Qaeda's Yemeni branch. Said Ali al-Shihri passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen. Al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in the deadly bombing of the US embassy in ...
Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
nytimes.com — The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch underscores the... potential complications of closing the detention center. > (more) Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
AFP: Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
google.com — 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) Two men released from the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo... Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE monitoring service reported. One of the two former inmates, a Saudi man ... (more) AFP: Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com — When Marxists took over the government of southern Yemen in 1970, many people fled to the north,... and a civil war raged for two decades. The conflict became a proxy conflict in the cold war, with the Soviet Union aiding South Yemen, and United States ... (more) Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
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So much for Plan A......
Theo Spark — ...something about counting chickens springs to mind. Former "Rehabilitated" Gitmo Detainee Becomes Al-Qaeda Chief.

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Released detainee now Yemen al-Qaida commander (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - A released Guantanamo Bay terror detainee's re-emergence as an al-Qaida commander in Yemen highlights the difficulty President Barack Obama faces in his efforts to close the detention facility and decide the fates of U.S. captives.