Sunday, 25 January 2009

Two former Guantanamo inmates on al Qaeda video

January 25, 2009, 10:35 AM (GMT+02:00)

The two men affirmed their dedication to jihad in a video posted on an al Qaeda website shortly after President Barack Obama signed a directive to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba within a year. One is a Saudi man identified as Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al Shahri or Saeed Shihri, one of al Qaeda's top leaders in Yemen, who was transferred to Saudi Arabia in 2007.

DEBKAfile adds: Against a commitment not to revert to terrorism, Shahri won a big Saudi grant for his "rehabilitation." 
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