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I guess we reformed this guy..

Steve

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Ex-Guantanamo detainee dies in Syria fighting Assad

A former prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base died fighting for anti-government rebels in Syria, according to an Islamist opposition group which posted a video of his funeral on YouTube.

Moroccan-born Mohammed al Alami, who was released in 2006, is the first former Guantanamo detainee to die in battle in the Syrian civil war, analysts say.

The video, first reported by The Miami Herald, was posted by Harakat Sham al-Islam, one of the Islamist brigades fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad. It showed the Aug. 5 funeral in which Alami is praised by a rebel leader for enduring "the prison of the Americans in Guantanamo for five years ... where he did not reform or change."

oops.. I thought if he is fighting on Obama's team he would be a good guy?

Alami fought in Afghanistan and was captured in Pakistan after the September 11 attacks.

He was sent to the U.S. detention facility in Cuba on Feb. 2, 2002 "because of his knowledge of Taliban recruitment, training and tactics as well as his possible affiliation with al Qaeda,"

He was repatriated to Morocco on Feb. 7, 2006, the records show.

"Former Guantanamo detainees are held in very high light," said Zelin. "They were imprisoned by Americans and they still kept faith in God and the cause of Jihad. They are viewed as heroes."

,.. charge them as prisoners of war and hold them until aL-queada surrenders..
 

Steve

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another reformed GITMO prisoner..
A second Moroccan ex-Guantanamo detainee, Ibrahim bin Shakaran, the leader of Harakat Sham al-Islam, is seen in the video giving the funeral eulogy for Alami. He was described as an al Qaeda recruiter in Iraq, according to a 2008 Defense Intelligence Agency list of Guantanamo detainees "confirmed or suspected" of having returned to terrorism.

Alami, was the second known former Guantanamo detainee to be killed this year, Zelin added. A Saudi second-in-command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen in July.



Of the 603 terrorists released from the prison, 100 are now confirmed as having returned to terrorism. Of those, 17 are dead, 27 are in custody, and 56 are free. Released detainees suspected of having returned to terrorism number 74, including two that are dead, 25 that are in custody, and 47 no longer being held.

so as of now.. 174 are confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorism..

19 dead.. 584 to go..

“Based on trends identified during the past ten years, we assess that if additional detainees are transferred without conditions from GTMO, some will reengage in terrorist or insurgent activities,” the report said. “Transfers to countries with ongoing conflicts and internal instability as well as active recruitment by insurgent and terrorist organizations pose a particular problem.”
 
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