Former Guantánamo inmate now leads attacks against UK troops in Afghanistan
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/12/guantanamo-bay-taliban-afghanistan
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A new Taliban commander leading deadly attacks against UK troops in southern Afghanistan was freed 15 months ago by a US military tribunal after he persuaded them he wanted to live a peaceful life with his family.
Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul has reportedly brought a new sophistication to the road side bombs that are killing a growing number of UK troops. In 2008 three quarters of troops killed in the county were killed by explosions, not gunfire. A much larger percentage than those killed by similar devices in 2007.
Rasoul known as prisoner number 008, is not the first Guantánamo prisoner to resurface in a militant group, hampering Barack Obama's efforts to shut down the detention facility in Cuba
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Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul has reportedly brought a new sophistication to the road side bombs that are killing a growing number of UK troops. In 2008 three quarters of troops killed in the county were killed by explosions, not gunfire. A much larger percentage than those killed by similar devices in 2007.
Rasoul known as prisoner number 008, is not the first Guantánamo prisoner to resurface in a militant group, hampering Barack Obama's efforts to shut down the detention facility in Cuba
Read more at the link ...
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