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- Abdul Shalabi Released From Gitmo
Abdul Shalabi: Osama bin Laden's and Kalid Sheik Mohammed's bodyguard While the media were oohing and aahing over Pope Francis's visit to the United States, Abdul Shalabi was released from Gitmo and is now in Saudi Arabia: ...Shalabi, who...
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CIA thwarts Al Qaeda underwear bomb plot on anniversary of bin Laden's death, US officials say - FBI Statement on Seizure of IED Overseas Will update when more info comes available. Update: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[AQAP] is alive and...
- And The All Consuming Shock Causes A Minor Snort
25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy(Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security...
- Yemeni Forces Raid Al-qaida Hideout, Clashes Erupt
Newsmax: Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009 07:09 PM Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaida hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner. The fighting...
- We Should Have Just Brought Them To New York. . .
Counterterrorismblog: Al-Qaida Confirms "Martyrdom" of Former Guantanamo Detainee in Yemen By Evan Kohlmann Al-Qaida's network in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) has released the audio-recorded wills of two mujahideen operatives who were recently "martyred"...
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The Art Therapy Didn't Work, Huh?
From this article at ABC News:
Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S.What the hell did they do in art rehab? Design special underwear for jihadists?
Former Guantanamo Prisoners Believed Behind Northwest Airlines Bomb Plot; Sent to Saudi Arabia in 2007
By BRIAN ROSS, JOSEPH RHEE and REHAB EL-BURI
Dec. 28, 2009 —
Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.
American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials....
Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.
Both Saudi nationals have since emerged in leadership roles in Yemen, according to U.S. officials and the men's own statements on al Qaeda propaganda tapes.
Both of the former Guantanamo detainees are described as military commanders and appear on a January, 2009 video along with the man described as the top leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, Abu Basir Naser al-Wahishi, formerly Osama bin Laden's personal secretary....
- Abdul Shalabi Released From Gitmo
Abdul Shalabi: Osama bin Laden's and Kalid Sheik Mohammed's bodyguard While the media were oohing and aahing over Pope Francis's visit to the United States, Abdul Shalabi was released from Gitmo and is now in Saudi Arabia: ...Shalabi, who...
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CIA thwarts Al Qaeda underwear bomb plot on anniversary of bin Laden's death, US officials say - FBI Statement on Seizure of IED Overseas Will update when more info comes available. Update: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[AQAP] is alive and...
- And The All Consuming Shock Causes A Minor Snort
25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy(Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security...
- Yemeni Forces Raid Al-qaida Hideout, Clashes Erupt
Newsmax: Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009 07:09 PM Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaida hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner. The fighting...
- We Should Have Just Brought Them To New York. . .
Counterterrorismblog: Al-Qaida Confirms "Martyrdom" of Former Guantanamo Detainee in Yemen By Evan Kohlmann Al-Qaida's network in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) has released the audio-recorded wills of two mujahideen operatives who were recently "martyred"...