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Friday, January 23, 2009

And so it begins

Obama signs document to close Guatanamo yesterday
Now the NYTimes raises questions.

Not like the Times is a Republican mouthpiece.

Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief - NYTimes.com:

"A Yemeni journalist who interviewed Al Qaeda’s leaders in Yemen last year, Abdulela Shaya, confirmed Thursday that the deputy leader was indeed Mr. Shihri, the former Guantanamo detainee. Mr. Shaya, in a phone interview, said Mr. Shihri had described to him his journey from Cuba to Yemen and supplied his Guant�namo detention number, 372. That is the correct number, Pentagon documents show.

“It seems certain from all the sources we have that this is the same individual who was released from Guantanamo in 2007,” said Gregory Johnsen, a terrorism analyst and the editor of a forthcoming book, “Islam and Insurgency in Yemen.”"

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