Fawzi al Odah, 37, a Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo for nearly 13 years on suspicion of links to al Qaeda leaders, was released to Kuwait. Following the Republican Party’s taking control of the Senate as well as the House in yesterday’s election, President Obama said he will work with Congress to develop a new authorization for the use of force in the fight against the Islamic State. He said that the US’ focus in Syria is “not to solve the entire Syria situation, but rather to isolate the areas” in which the Islamic State can operate. ISAF commander Lieut. Gen. Joseph Anderson warned that the current casualty rate of the Afghan National Security Forces is unsustainable.
