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Guantanamo detainee sentenced to life for Africa bombings
Tag Archives: Guantanamo
United Kingdom
UK – Intelligence agencies go to supreme court over ruling on secret evidence
Afghanistan
Documents raise questions on treatment of detainees
Guantanamo
Gitmo men taken in to save UBS from probe?
Al Qaeda
Khalid Sheik Mohammed killed US journalist Daniel Pearl, report finds
Al Qaeda
Study tracks Pearl murder probe
Al Qaeda
US prepares to lift ban on Guantanamo cases
Member of top al Qaeda operative’s cell denied habeas petition
An Algerian Guantanamo detainee named Abdel Razak Ali was denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on Tuesday. Razak was a member of the terrorist cell of top al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
Afghanistan
Pardoned Taliban lead conflict in Afghanistan
Analysis: Gitmo detainee transferred to Algeria
The Department of Defense announced the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee to Algeria on Thursday. A district judge ruled that he should be freed even though he was recruited by al Qaeda to train and fight in Afghanistan.
United Kingdom
UK – Nick Clegg’s ‘win’ on control orders may not be such a triumph
Danish newspaper plotter arrested twice before
One of the suspects arrested this week for allegedly plotting an attack against the Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed had been arrested twice before. He and his supporters claimed both times that he was merely vacationing.
Afghanistan
Protesters urge return of Briton from Guantanamo
Guantanamo
Some ex-Gitmo detainees still tied to terror
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen sets terms of a war on al Qaeda
Catch and release in Afghanistan
A State Department cable released by Wikileaks shows that the Afghan government has likely released dozens of Gitmo detainees, and many more from Bagram, instead of trying them.
Guantanamo
WikiLeaks’s release of documents shows struggle to relocate Guantanamo detainees
Al Qaeda
Cables shine light into secret diplomatic channels
Al Qaeda
Terror verdict tests Obama™s strategy on trials
Al Qaeda
First conviction unlikely to help Obama shut Gitmo
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US pursues wider role in Yemen
Al Qaeda
Taliban prisoners ‘would be freed from Guant
Al Qaeda
Opposition to US trial likely to keep mastermind of 9/11 attacks in detention
Ex-Gitmo detainee plotted against Saudi kingdom
A former Guantanamo detainee was reportedly involved in plotting against targets in Saudi Arabia in December 2009, two years after he was repatriated to the country. He remains a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
Al Qaeda
Spy agencies infiltrate al-Qaida
AQAP claims responsibility for cargo planes plot
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a statement on Friday claiming responsibility for the two package bombs found on board cargo planes in late October. The Saudis supplied the intelligence that was used to disrupt the plot, but US officials doubt the official Saudi story.
Algeria acquits ex-Gitmo detainee of terrorism charges
An Algerian court acquitted former Guantanamo detainee Sofiane Hadarbache of terrorism-related charges. In declassified memos prepared at Gitmo, US military officials alleged that Hadarbache was recruited by al Qaeda in France.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US concerned about former Guantanamo prisoners in Yemen
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida said to be planning European hostage-takings
Al Qaeda
Republicans probe Gitmo transfers to Europe