Politics | January 13, 2009 | 12 comments

Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090113/ts_nm/us_usa_guantanamo

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that 61 former detainees from its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appear to have returned to terrorism since their release from custody.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said 18 former detainees are confirmed and 43 suspected of "returning to the fight."

He said the figures, updated at the end of December, showed a higher rate of recidivism than seen in a previous report showing 37 former detainees as active militants.

He provided no details about the detainees or their countries of origin.

"The overall known terrorist re-engagement rate has increased to 11 percent" from about 7 percent, Morrell said.

The numbers were generated by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency based on fingerprints, photographs and intelligence reports, he said.

President-elect Barack Obama, who takes office on Tuesday, is expected to issue an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, possibly within his first week in office.

About 255 men are still held at the U.S.-run naval base in Cuba, a symbol of aggressive interrogation methods that exposed the United States to allegations of torture.

Washington has cleared 50 of the detainees for release but cannot return them to their home countries because of the risk they would be tortured or persecuted there.

Around 500 others have been freed or transferred to other governments since 2002.

Pentagon officials say scores of detainees still in custody should never be released because of the potential danger they pose to U.S. interests.

(Reporting by Andrew Gray and David Morgan)

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12 comments // Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism

  • gaiusfurius
  • akamaial
  • ejasun
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      ejasun  
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    • If they let them go and they went back to war, I don't think the water in the face worked?

      Maybe we should play the game like everyone else?
      Maybe the Wizard of OZ/Current was right. FIRE WITH FIRE. What would they do to us to find out information.
      OUR Hostage's.

      YOU CAN'T Say We Didn't tell you...

    • 3 years ago
  • gaiusfurius
  • akamaial
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      akamaial [removed]  

    • Careful now, we must be politically correct...take note of the following:...

      Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America ,

      Kentuckians, Tennesseans and West Virginians will no longer be referred to as 'HILLBILLIES.'

      You must now refer to them as

      APPALACHIAN-AMERICANS .

      And furthermore

      HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

      1. She is not a 'BABE' or a 'CHICK' -
      She is a

      ' BREASTED AMERICAN.'

      2. She is not 'EASY' - She is

      'HORIZONTALLY ACCESS IBLE.'

      (Loved this one!)

      3. She is not a 'DUMB BLONDE' -
      She is a

      'LIGHT-HAIRED DETOUR OFF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.'

      4. She has not 'BEEN AROUND' -
      She is a

      'PREVIOUSLY-ENJOYED COMPANION.'

      5. She does not 'NAG' you - She becomes

      ' VERBALLY REPETITIVE.'

      6. She is not a 'TWO-BIT HOOKER' -
      She is a

      ' LOW COST PROVIDER.'

      HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT MEN AND BE POLITICALLY CORRECT:

      1. He does not have a 'BEER GUT' -
      He has developed a

      'LIQUID GRAIN STORAGE FACILITY.'

      2. He is not a 'BAD DANCER' - He is

      ' OVERLY CAUCASIAN.'

      3. He does not 'GET LOST ALL THE TIME' - He

      ' INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS.'

      4. He is not 'BALDING' - He is in

      'FOLLICLE REGRESSION.'

      5. He does not act like a 'TOTAL ASS' - He

      develops a case of

      RECTAL-CRANIAL INVERSION.'

      (Loved this one!)

      6. It's not his 'CRACK' you see hanging

      out of his pants - It's

      'REAR CLEAVAGE.'

    • 3 years ago
  • yuniversal3
  • gaiusfurius
  • akamaial
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      akamaial [removed]  

    • I understand your sentiments, however crudely put. look for the apologist to join the fray claiming that they having been "unjustly imprisoned" caused them to become active terrorist, completely and blindly ignoring the facts that they were terrorist prior to capture and imprisonment

    • 3 years ago
  • pjacobs51
  • gaiusfurius
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