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Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

Posted May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists after his release in 2005. Several Gitmo detainees are known to have returned to insurgent status, officials say.

“Some have subsequently been killed in combat and participated in suicide bomber attacks,” said a US military spokesman.

Source New York Times

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