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Breaking News Is the FBI Stalling on Transferring a Guantanamo Inmate to Israel?
(JTA) — The United States asked Israel to take and prosecute a Kenyan imprisoned at Guantánamo implicated in the 2002 attack on Israelis in Mombasa, Kenya, but the proposed transfer has hit a snag over reported FBI foot dragging. A report on the existence of talks to deliver Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu, 43, for trial…
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Breaking News Uruguay Jews Fret Over Freed Guantanamo Bay Terror Suspects
Uruguay’s Jewish community has reacted with concern to President Jose Mujica’s decision to accept inmates from Guantanamo Bay. The five prisoners selected to receive refugee status in Uruguay include four Syrians and one Palestinian, who can not return to their home countries due to their political situations, according to the Pan Am Post. The men…
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Breaking News State Department Appoints Lawyer To Oversee Guantanamo Closing
The State Department on Monday is expected to announce the appointment of Washington lawyer Cliff Sloan to oversee the closure of the controversial Guantanamo detention camp, sources familiar with the decision said on Sunday. Sloan is a partner with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, who has served in all three…
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Breaking News Officials Deny Bomber Was Guantanamo Detainee
U.S. and Swedish officials denied widespread reports that the suspected suicide bomber who blew up a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was an Islamic militant from Sweden who served two years at Guantanamo Bay. The reports named the long-haired suspect as Mehdi Ghezali, a Swedish citizen, with Algerian and Finnish origins, the Times of…
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