mcclatchydc.com - 1/14/2009
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WASHINGTON Had a majority of the men imprisoned at Guantanamo after 2002 attacked the United States or American troops? It depends on whom you ask. A study published by a professor at the Seton Hall School of Law found that 45 percent of 516 Guantanamo detainees examined had committed hostile ...
bostonherald.com - 1/14/2009
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bostonherald.com —
W ASHINGTON Terror suspects who have been held
but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to...
the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said today. Sixty-one detainees who have been released from the U.S. Navy ...
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Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield
talkleft.com - 1/14/2009
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In the last week, the number of Guantanamo
detainees on hunger strikes has risen to from 34...
to 42 . There are about 250 detainees in all. Possible reasons for the increase, according to the Pentagon: Obama's inauguration and the Jan. 11 anniversary ...
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42 Guantanamo Detainees Now On Hunger Strike
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Pentagon Pushes Debunked "Returning To Terror" Hype
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... Moreover, not one of those named had attacked Americans after his release from Gitmo and all had been released "by political appointees of the Department of Defense, sometimes over the objection of the military" rather than through the tribunals process. Seton Hall's studies also found that a bare 55% of Gitmo detainess had ever taken up arms against the US and only 8% were suspected of being members of Al Qaida. The vast bulk of Gitmo detainees had been turned in by local warlords for bounty payments with no US witnesses to their alleged involvement in terrorism at all. No ...
Pentagon Pushes Debunked "Returning To Terror" Hype
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... Moreover, not one of those named in that earlier claim had attacked Americans after his release from Gitmo and all had been released "by political appointees of the Department of Defense, sometimes over the objection of the military" rather than through the tribunals process. Seton Hall's studies also found that a bare 55% of Gitmo detainess had ever taken up arms against the US and only 8% were suspected of being members of Al Qaida. The vast bulk of Gitmo detainees had been turned in by local warlords for bounty payments with no US witnesses to their alleged ...
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