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longwarjournal.org - 3/31/2009
Yemeni detainee at Gitmo to be freed
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The US government is preparing to release a Yemeni named Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi from the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to legal filings submitted to a DC district court on Monday. US authorities do not yet know where they will send Batarfi, but the Justice ...
tnr.com - 3/31/2009
No Place to Hide
— tnr.com — When the Obama administration announced the results of its review of Afghanistan and Pakistan policies on Friday,... reporters quizzing the review's authors seemed confused. They wondered whether the recommendations announced by the president amounted to ... (more) No Place to Hide

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Obama On Afghanistan: I Will Not ‘Simply Assume That More Troops Always Result In An Improved Situation’
thinkprogress.org - 3/29/2009
Obama On Afghanistan: I Will Not ‘Simply Assume That More Troops Always Result In An Improved ...
— thinkprogress.org — Since President Obama announced his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan last week, he and his administration... have been careful to distinguish it from President Bush’s surge in Iraq. Today on Fox News Sunday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates ... (more) Obama On Afghanistan: I Will Not ‘Simply Assume That ...

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Victory Caucus -- All Content:  Bill Roggio: Yemeni detainee at Gitmo to be freed

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Bill Roggio: Yemeni detainee at Gitmo to be freed
Victory Caucus -- All Content — The US Justice Department has agreed to release a Yemeni detainee from Guant namo. The detainee, Ayman Saeed Abdullah Batarfi, is a well-educated orthopedic surgeon who allegedly worked for al Qaeda and assisted the organization's chief anthrax scientist. read ...

Obama Administration to Release Bin Laden Associate from Gitmo
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Remember, all of the above comes from his hearings at Guantanamo, not his interrogations. He could have just said, “I deny everything.” But he didn’t. He came up with not-so creative excuses instead. (For an analysis of excerpts from his hearings, go here.) ...

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