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Guantanamo prisoners stories: 147 news summaries

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 Judge Orders Gitmo Detainee 
 Returned to Afghanistan 

But Mohammed Jawad may still face conventional prosecution

Jul 30, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Guantanamo Bay inmate may be released to Afghanistan next month after successfully challenging his detention under habeas corpus, the Washington Post reports. US District Judge Ellen Huvelle ordered Mohammed Jawad’s release based on the dodgy evidence against him—mainly, a confession allegedly obtained by threatening to kill Jawad... More »

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Afghanistan • Congress • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners • confession • Mohammed Jawad

(Newser) - While relatives of the victims waited in the courtroom, the five Guantanamo inmates accused of conspiring in the 9/11 attacks boycotted a pretrial hearing this morning, the Miami Herald reports. The proceeding was intended to determine whether the defendants who aren't representing themselves are competent to stand trial. Alleged mastermind... More »

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terrorism • trial • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • 9/11 attacks • pretrial hearing

(Newser) - When the island nation of Palau agreed to help President Obama close Gitmo by taking in 13 detainees, few Americans had heard of the tiny country. But the US and Palau share a close bond, NPR reports. “It’s a small island nation, but its status as a sovereign... More »

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tourism • Guantanamo Bay • military bases • Guantanamo prisoners • jellyfish • Palau

Former Gitmo Prisoner Fights to Save Torture Photo

Says Pentagon wants to kill 'abuse evidence'

Jul 6, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Guantanamo prisoner released to Britain after seven years in detention is fighting to keep the Pentagon from destroying a photograph he says proves he was abused, reports the Guardian. Binyam Mohamed does not have copies of the image, taken after he was brutally beaten, but he knows it... More »

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torture • appeal • abuse • Guantanamo prisoners • harsh interrogation • Binyam Mohamed

(Newser) - About a quarter of the 229 detainees at Guantanamo Bay will face trial, says Attorney General Eric Holder. Speaking to a Senate panel today, Holder said the US had decided the fate of about half the remaining prisoners, though he did not offer specifics, reports Reuters. President Obama plans to... More »

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 Italy to Take 3 Gitmo Detainees 

Obama, Berlusconi discuss range of issues

Jun 16, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi, seeking to restore some shine to his tattered international image, yesterday agreed to take three detainees from Guantanamo Bay. The Italian PM praised President Obama for his "deep knowledge" after a 2-hour-plus meeting at the White House, the AP reports. The leaders discussed topics ranging from... More »

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White House • Italy • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Silvio Berlusconi • detainees • Obama administration • President Obama

Palau's Prez
Makes Moral
Call to Take
in Detainees

'They're not monsters,' says island leader

Jun 15, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - That Palau's president was once a defense lawyer may explain why he risked upsetting his island's 20,000 residents and their peaceful isolation from the world to take in 13 former Guantanamo detainees. "They should be presumed innocent because no one has proven them guilty," newly elected Johnson... More »

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island • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • Uighurs • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

(Newser) - The Chinese Muslims freed from Guantanamo last week had never heard of al-Qaeda before arriving in Cuba, one of them tells the Royal Gazette of Bermuda. "From what we have heard about them, they are an extremely radical group, with totally different ideals from ours," said Salahidin Abdulahad,... More »

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China • Muslims • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Bermuda • Chinese Muslims • Abdulla Abdulqadir • Salahidin Abdulahad

Obama's Cell Phone Plea Helps Clear War Funds

Last-minute tensions healed; measure set to pass next week

Jun 12, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional leaders settled on a $106 billion spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan last night, but it took a last-minute intervention by President Obama via Rahm Emanuel's cell phone. When talks got bogged down over the release of detainee photos, Emanuel rushed to the Capitol and had... More »

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Congress • White House • Guantanamo Bay • auto industry • Guantanamo prisoners • spending bill • flu • defense spending • Iraq war spending • torture photos

 Obama Gives Up On
 Resettling Detainees in US

Plans abandoned after Uighur deals, congressional opposition

Jun 12, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration has largely abandoned plans to allow Guantanano detainees cleared for release to settle in the US, the Washington Post reports. Plans to allow Uighur detainees who said their only enemy was the Chinese government to live in the US met firm opposition from Congress. Four Uighurs were sent... More »

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Britain Bashes Bermuda for Taking Gitmo Inmates

Overseas territory told it's getting too big for its britches with resettlement deal

Jun 12, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain has berated its oldest remaining colony for taking in former Guantanamo detainees without asking London's permission first, the BBC reports. American officials say they dealt directly with Bermuda on the issue, through its British-appointed governor, as they arranged to release four Chinese Muslim Uighurs to Bermuda. More »

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updated

First Gitmo Detainee to Face Trial Pleads
Not Guilty

Denies role in 1998 embassy bombings

Jun 9, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(AP) - The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to the US for trial has pleaded not guilty in two embassy bombings. Ahmed Ghailani entered the plea today in federal court in Manhattan. Ghailani is charged with participating in the bombing of embassies in Africa in August 1998, attacks that killed... More »

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terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Obama administration • Gitmo • President Obama • Ahmed Ghailani • embassy bombings

Colorado Town Would Welcome Gitmo Inmates

Supermax is already home to Unabomber, '20th hijacker'

Jun 4, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of Congress have protested President Obama's efforts to move Guantanamo inmates to US prisons, but residents of Florence, Colo., say they wouldn't mind taking in a few enemy combatants. The supermax prison near town already holds some of the world's most infamous terrorists: a 1993 World Trade Center assailant,... More »

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 Gitmo Prisoner 
 Commits Suicide 

Yemeni detainee held since 2002 with no charges

Jun 3, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Yemeni man was found dead in his Guantanamo Bay cell last night in the fifth apparent prisoner suicide at the facility, reports the Los Angeles Times. Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, 31, was imprisoned at Guantanamo since February 2002 on accusations he trained with the Taliban in Afghanistan, although no... More »

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Europe Balks
at Taking Gitmo Detainees

After US Congress raises objections, allies change tune

May 29, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has intensely lobbied its European allies to allow at least 50 Guantanamo detainees to resettle overseas. But as the US Congress rebels against the president's plans to move inmates to federal prisons, reports the Washington Post, an already skeptical Europe has strengthened its objections. "If the... More »

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Germany • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Obama administration

 Supermax Neighbors 
 Fear Gitmo Influx 

Townspeople worry that transfer will make them a target for terrorists

May 23, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - People who live near some of America's most notorious killers fear closing Guantanamo Bay will wreck their neighborhood, the New York Times reports. Residents of Cañon City, Colo., close to the Florence "Supermax" prison, worry the detainees will be transferred there, making them a target for terrorists and... More »

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OPINION

RNC Recycles LBJ 'Daisy'
Ad to Bash Obama on Gitmo

Classic incendiary spot doesn't age well in Michael Steele's hands

May 22, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - RNC chairman Michael Steele has rolled out an ad remixing an LBJ classic on nuclear war to warn about the danger of closing Guantanamo. The infamous 1964 spot used images of a little girl plucking petals off a daisy juxtaposed with a nuclear explosion to illustrate the risk of Armageddon.... More »

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RNC • Lyndon Johnson • Barry Goldwater • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Daisy Ad • Obama administration • President Obama • Michael Steele

ANALYSIS

You Can't See It, But Cheney's Pants Are on Fire

Ex-veep's speech full of torture distortions

May 22, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his full-on assault on the president's conterterrorism policies yesterday, Dick Cheney deployed an arsenal of “omissions, exaggerations and misstatements,” charge Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel of McClatchy. Among them:
  • Cheney claimed that harsh interrogations yielded vital, attack-preventing information and quoted Adm. Dennis Blair, director of national
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Dick Cheney • torture • Abu Ghraib • intelligence • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • torture memo • Dennis Blair

(Newser) - Leading Democrats praised President Obama's speech today while making clear that they still need details about closing Gitmo, Politico reports. “We’re all awaiting the details of the plan and the president is going to come up with one,” said Harry Reid, echoing the sentiment of fellow senators.... More »

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John McCain • Democrats • Harry Reid • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Gitmo • President Obama

First Gitmo Detainee Coming to US for Trial

He's linked to 1998 embassy bombings

May 20, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(AP) - A top al-Qaeda suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York for trial, an Obama administration official said. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the US, and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court. Ghailani has been indicted in the... More »

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