Top US lawyer warns of deaths at Guantánamo:
Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley, an American military lawyer, will step through the grand entrance of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London tomorrow and demand the release of her client - a British resident who claims he was repeatedly tortured at the behest of US intelligence officials - from Guantánamo Bay. Ref. Source 1
Lawyer: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed Experienced "Nightmare We Can't Imagine"
A British resident held in US custody for seven years has accused US officials of torturing him and beating him dozens of times while he was held at a secret CIA prison and later at Guantanamo. The Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed returned to Britain on Monday after becoming the first prisoner to be released from Guantanamo since President Obama took office. We speak to Binyam Mohamed's attorney, Clive Stafford Smith. Ref. Source 7
So what do you call them now? How about 'Party Poopers'? Come on, you try to kill American soldiers then you're the enemy!
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In Another Reversal of Bush, Obama Removes 'Enemy Combatant' Designation From Gitmo Detainees [4:10 p.m. ET] Ref. ABC News |
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The Pentagon says more than 10% of 520 Guantanamo inmates released so far have returned to what it calls terrorism. It says this complicates efforts to release and repatriate those still being held. |
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