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U.S. says 5-10 percent of Guantanamo inmates fight again

Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:05 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Between 5 and 10 percent of inmates freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay have returned to terrorism since their release, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. More »

  • A guard yells down from a guard tower at Camp #4 at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba in 2007. A man who carried out a suicide attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul last month has been identified as a former Kuwaiti detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, US military officials said Wednesday.

    Suicide attacker was former Guantanamo detainee: US military

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 09:46 pm

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A man who carried out a suicide attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul last month has been identified as a former Kuwaiti detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, US military officials said Wednesday. More »

  • US ponders Guantanamo closure as Bush term ends

    Reuters - Friday, May 2 10:34 pm

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration could announce plans by the end of its term in January to close Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say. More »

  • U.S. rejects Canadian's 'child soldier' defence

    Reuters - Friday, May 2 08:35 pm

    MIAMI (Reuters) - A Canadian captured in Afghanistan at age 15 can be tried for murder in the Guantanamo war crimes court, a U.S. military judge ruled in rejecting claims that he was a child soldier who should be rehabilitated rather than prosecuted. More »

  • A detainee is escorted through Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nine detainees were transferred out of the prison camp, including an Al-Jazeera cameraman.

    Nine sent out of Guantanamo included Al-Jazeera cameraman

    AFP - Friday, May 2 04:28 pm

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nine detainees at the US war-on-terror prison camp in Guantanamo, Cuba, were transferred out, including an Al-Jazeera cameraman, a US spokesman said Friday. More »

  • A guard inside the maximun security Camp 5 at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, stands his post in a cellblock in 2007. A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera arrived home early Friday after being detained without charge for six years at the Guantanamo US military prison.

    Al-Jazeera cameraman returns home from Guantanamo

    AFP - Friday, May 2 09:54 am

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera on Friday accused US authorities of insulting Islamic symbols after arriving home after six years of detention at Guantanamo Bay. More »

  • Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo Bay

    SkyNews - Friday, May 2 06:18 am

    An Al Jazeera cameraman held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay for six years without charge has been released. More »

  • File photo shows works by English graffiti artist Banksy, including

    For cult artist Banksy, graffiti "better than sex"

    Reuters - Thursday, May 1 01:17 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - For cult British artist Banksy, the buzz of creating graffiti murals is "better than sex, better than drugs." More »

  • Former Guantanamo prosecutor says trials tainted

    Reuters - Monday, April 28 11:34 pm

    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals testified on Monday that the tribunals were tainted by political influence and evidence obtained through prisoner abuse. More »

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