{"id":3143,"date":"2009-01-27T07:16:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T12:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2009-01-27T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T19:26:21","slug":"two-ex-guantanamo-inmates-re-join-al-qaeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/two-ex-guantanamo-inmates-re-join-al-qaeda\/","title":{"rendered":"Two ex-Guantanamo Inmates Re-Join Al-Qaeda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Message to all our men and women in uniform: When encountering TERRORISTS using deadly force anywhere Shoot to Kill. STOP TAKING PRISONERS! Thank You!<\/strong><\/em>
\nAFP<\/a> | Jan. 25, 2009<\/p>\n

Two men released from the US “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE monitoring service reported.<\/p>\n

One of the two former inmates, a Saudi man identified as Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri, or prisoner number 372, has been elevated to the senior ranks of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, a US counter-terrorism official told AFP. <\/p>\n

Three other men appear in the video, including Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi, identified as an Al-Qaeda field commander. SITE later said he was prisoner No. 333.<\/p>\n

A Pentagon spokesman, Commander Jeffrey Gordon, on Saturday declined to confirm the SITE information.<\/p>\n

“We remain concerned about ex-Guantanamo detainees who have re-affiliated with terrorist organizations after their departure,” said Gordon.<\/p>\n

“We will continue to work with the international community to mitigate the threat they pose,” he said.<\/p>\n

On the video, al-Shihri is seen sitting with three other men before a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq, the front for Al-Qaeda in Iraq.<\/p>\n

“By Allah, imprisonment only increased our persistence in our principles for which we went out, did jihad for, and were imprisoned for,” al-Shihri was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Al-Shiri was transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia in 2007, the US counter-terrorism official said.<\/p>\n

The other men in the video are identified as Commander Abu Baseer al-Wahayshi and Abu Hureira Qasm al-Rimi (also known as Abu Hureira al-Sana’ani).<\/p>\n

The Defense Department has said as many as 61 former Guantanamo detainees — about 11 percent of 520 detainees transferred from the detention center and released — are believed to have returned to the fight.<\/p>\n

The latest case highlights the risk the new US administration faces as it moves to empty Guantanamo of its remaining 245 prisoners and close the controversial detention camp within a year. <\/p>\n

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