Omar Khadr: Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to Canada
JANET HAMLIN/AFP/Getty Image(NEW YORK) — Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has been transferred to Canada to serve out the remainder of an eight-year prison sentence for having killed an American soldier in a 2002 firefight in Afghanistan.A detainee for …
Guantanamo Inmate Who Died Identified as Yemeni
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Guantanamo detainee who died this weekend was a 32-year-old Yemeni who had been held at the U.S. detention camp in Cuba ever since it was established a decade ago in January 2002, and whom human rights activis…
Gitmo Detainee Turned Terror Commander Killed: Reports
AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — An al Qaeda terror commander, who was released from Guantanamo Bay to join an art-based “jihadi rehab” program only to return to the fight as a high-ranking member of al Qaeda’s Yemen branch, has been killed, according t…
Saudi National, Gitmo Detainee Charged in 2002 Terror Attack
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense has sworn charges against Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi for conspiracy and acts of terrorism. The charges represent the first step in the process towards a …
Bin Laden’s Driver Freed from Guantanamo
John Moore/Getty Images(GUANTANAMO) — A Guantanamo detainee described as Osama bin Laden’s one-time driver and bodyguard has been transferred to Kharatoum, Sudan after having served a two year sentence following a guilty plea before a military commiss…
Al Qaeda Magazine Found in Guantanamo Cell, Prosecutor Says
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — An issue of a terrorist magazine produced by an al Qaeda affiliate somehow made its way into a cell in Guantanamo Bay, supposedly one of the most secure detention centers in the world, a U.S. military prosecutor r…