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  • Al-Qaida Confirms "Martyrdom" of Former Guantanamo Detainee in Yemen

    12/07/2009 10:38:26 PM PST · by Cindy · 8 replies · 598+ views
    COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org ^ | December 6, 2009 | By Evan Kohlmann
    SNIPPET: "Al-Qaida's network in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) has released the audio-recorded wills of two mujahideen operatives who were recently "martyred" in clashes with local security forces -- including former Guantanamo Bay detainee #114 Yusuf Muhammad Mubarak al-Jebairy al-Shehri. The younger brother of a senior Al-Qaida member, al-Shehri first left his home in Saudi Arabia in mid-2001 in order to wage jihad alongside the Taliban because he "thought that participating in jihad with the Taliban was the right thing to do... the Taliban were good Muslims.” In the midst of fleeing the crumbling Taliban frontline in late 2001, Yusuf al-Shehri...