A former Guantanamo detainee who has been unhappy with resettlement in Uruguay has once again left the South American nation, an official said Tuesday. Abu Wa’el Dhiab went to Turkey in late June, said Christian Mirza, the government’s liaison with six ex-Guantanamo Bay inmates resettled in Uruguay. Mirza said that it’s unclear if the Syrian […]
Pentagon: U.S. Airstrike in Yemen Killed Ex-Guantánamo Detainee…
A former detainee repatriated by the Obama administration in late 2009 was killed in recent air strikes in Yemen, the Pentagon said Monday. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis identified the dead detainee as Yasir Ali Abdallah al Silmi who was killed Thursday “in a U.S. strike in Abyan Governorate, Yemen.” Davis said Silmi was held at […]