One in 5 ex-Guantanamo detainees joining militants

Reuters ^

[ReaganCaesar]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A classified Pentagon assessment shows one in five detainees released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has joined or is suspected of joining militant groups like al Qaeda, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

The disclosure comes amid revelations that former detainees were playing a leadership role in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- a Yemen-based group believed to be behind a failed plot to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day....

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ONE out of FIVE???

Meaning the Other FOUR haven’t been Caught yet.

[gwilhelm56]

ONE out of FIVE???

Meaning the Other FOUR haven’t been Caught yet.

[BerryDingle]

Under pressure to increase safeguards, President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday he had suspended the transfer of additional Guantanamo detainees to Yemen, citing the deteriorating security situation in the country.

So, Mr. Buffoon, Yemen is too dangerous for the prisoners? Or the prisoners are too dangerous for Yemen? Why were you going to release them in the first place? Why stop now, it was your original intention.