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Official: Bin Laden's driver heading home
Former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan is being transferred from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to his home country of Yemen, a senior defense official said Monday.
Former Bin Laden Driver Hamdan to Leave Guantanamo Bay for Yemen
Former Bin Laden Driver Hamdan to Leave Guantanamo Bay for Yemen
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Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks
Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks
longwarjournal.org — Hamza Ali Saleh al Dhayani. Yemen's security forces have repeatedly orchestrated terror attacks within Yemen in order... to manipulate US and international perceptions, the most wanted fugitive in September's terror attack on the ... (more) Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks
Oh Yeah - By The Way, Bin Laden's Driver Left Gitmo
hoffmania.com — Wonder who will sign him to the book deal ? The Pentagon early Tuesday morning sent Osama... bin Laden's driver home to Yemen, a month before the first Guantanamo captive convicted of war crimes by a military jury completed his 66-month prison ... (more) Oh Yeah - By The Way, Bin Laden's Driver Left Gitmo
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Osama driver goes home
Hot Air » Top Picks — Osama driver goes home posted at 7:52 am on November 25, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly The US has released Salim Hamdan , Osama bin Laden’s former driver, to serve out the rest of the sentence he received from a military tribunal earlier this year.  Hamdan helped change the direction of detention in the war on terror with his appeals in the federal court system and embarrassed the Pentagon by getting a light sentence and avoiding conviction on the most serious charges brought against him: Former ...

Osama Driver Released from Gitmo
Stop The ACLU — The ACLU will be celebrating soon! Technically he will be sent to Yemen to serve out the rest of his tiny sentence. Former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan is being transferred from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, back to his home country of Yemen, a senior defense official said Monday. Hamdan was convicted of aiding al-Qaida in August and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison. He would be eligible for release in January with credit for time served. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, ...

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