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Chain link fence and concertina wire surrounds a deserted guard tower within Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Extremist Challenges Trump to Send New Prisoners to Guantanamo

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 17, 2017 | World

Washington – U.S. officials have revealed that Sudanese extremist leader Abu Khaybar, affiliated to al-Qaeda in Yemen, was captured by the Americans last autumn. He was held by another country, mentioned the New York Times. Arresting Abu Khaybar caused intense...

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Washington, Sept. 11, 2015. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Wrote 6,000 Words to Obama

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 10, 2017 | World

Washington– A letter dated January 2015 to then-U.S. President Barack Obama by the self-proclaimed mastermind of September 11 attacks, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, described the former president as “the head of the snake” and blamed the rise of terrorism on U.S. foreign...

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Procedural, Legal Obstacles Postpone Trial of Sept 11 Defendants

by Heba El Koudsy | Jan 26, 2017 | Middle East

Washington – Preliminary closed session of pretrial hearing of Sept. 11 defendants began on Tuesday and is expected to last for months. The five defendants are: mastermind Pakistani Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Yemeni national Ramzi bin al Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi, Walid...

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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police during in-processing to the temporary detention facility at Camp X-Ray of Naval Base Guantanamo Bay in this January 11, 2002 file photograph. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

Belgian Sues Belgium for Suffering in Guantanamo Bay

by Abdullah Mustafa | Jan 14, 2017 | World

Brussels- Belgian-Moroccan imprisoned for three years in Guantanamo Moussa Zemmouri, 38, has issued proceedings against the Belgian State with the U.N. Committee against Torture. “Belgium is complicit in his unlawful detention,” his lawyer, Walter Van Steenbrugge,...

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Abu Mugheera from Guantanamo Bay to Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2017 | Middle East

London – A British extremist who has been formerly detained in Guantanamo Bay detainee fled to Syria and is now fighting for al-Qaeda. The terrorist – who dubbed himself Abu Mugheera al-Britani– has written in detailed memoire about his experience in the notorious...