Guantanamo
Lawyers for Guantanamo detainees allowed to see leaked files
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Al Qaeda facilitator properly detained, DC Circuit Court finds
The DC Circuit Court ruled on Friday that al Qaeda facilitator Hussain Salem Mohammad Almerfedi is properly detained at Guantanamo. According to a leaked threat assessment, Almerfedi operated out of an al Qaeda safehouse in Iran.
Afghanistan
War-weary lawmakers send Obama a message
US Attorney General supports update of the Authorization of Military Force
“I cannot for the life of me understand the opposition to this measure that is coming from people who profess to be concerned with civil liberties and the rule of law,” former AG Mukasey said.
Afghanistan
The Taliban after bin Laden
The Gitmo Files: Al Qaeda’s emir of Zahedan, Iran commits suicide
Inayatullah, an Afghan detainee at Gitmo, died of an apparent suicide.
Analysis: Al Qaeda’s interim emir and Iran
Al Qaeda’s interim emir is reportedly Saif al Adel, a longtime member of al Qaeda and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Al Adel has a decades-long relationship with Iran and was protected by the Iranians after 9/11.
The Gitmo Files: An agent of Iran
A leaked threat assessment prepared at Guantanamo describes one current detainee and his father as “Iranian agents.” The detainee, Haji Hamidullah, allegedly “murdered 71 people.” The leaked file connects several others to Iran, including two members of Hamid Karzai’s government.
Afghanistan
US speeds up direct talks with Taliban
Al Qaeda
Amnesty International is keeping dubious company
The Gitmo Files: 2 of Afghanistan’s most wanted hid leadership roles while in US custody
Two of the Taliban’s most senior commanders successfully hid their leadership roles from interrogators and analysts at Guantanamo. Both were subsequently transferred to the custody of the Afghan government but were freed and rejoined the Taliban.
Why was key source on bin Laden’s courier freed?
The Pakistanis freed Hassan Ghul, a top al Qaeda operative who gave up vital intelligence on Osama bin Laden while in US custody.
Al Qaeda
Key bin Laden intel came from detainee later released
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks papers reveal Guantanamo detainees’ talk of post-9/11 plots
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay detainees’ family members may be allowed to visit
The Gitmo Files: (Shocker!) Mullah Omar meets with Pakistan’s ISI
At a meeting that included representatives of the Pakistani government and the ISI, Omar “told attendees that they should not cooperate with the new infidel government (in Afghanistan) and should keep attacking coalition forces.”
The Gitmo Files: Recidivist who targets charity workers deemed ‘high risk’
Abdul Hafiz, a former Guantanamo detainee who quickly rejoined the Taliban after being transferred, had been deemed a “high risk” by US officials less than two years earlier. His insurgency group had been trained by Pakistani military officers to attack Westerners in Afghanistan and had killed an ICRC worker.
Al Qaeda
ISI officers took bribes to release Taliban fighters, say Gitmo detainees
Al Qaeda
Hundreds of terrorists waiting to cross over to India
Al Qaeda
Pakistan pushed for release of alleged bin Laden associate from Guantanamo
Al Qaeda
Why the US mistrusts Pakistan’s spy agency
Al Qaeda
Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al Qaeda
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks: Bin Laden’s courier ‘trained 9/11 hijack team’
Al Qaeda
6 children, two wives of Bin Laden arrested in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks: Guantanamo files database released
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen remains al Qaeda’s ultimate breeding ground
Al Qaeda
Pentagon lists mosques where al-Qaida recruited, reveals WikiLeaks
Al Qaeda
How al-Qaida planned to bomb Heathrow
Yemeni government official doubled as al Qaeda operative, leaked assessment shows
According to a leaked Gitmo intelligence assessment, Abd al Salam al Hilah was both a member of Yemen’s Political Security Organization and al Qaeda. He “probably” had foreknowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks, analysts concluded.
Al Qaeda
Dossier shows push for more terror attacks after 9/11