US killing ex-Guantanamo detainee in Yemen
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March 6, 2017 22:06
aden - The US military in Yemen has slain a former inmate of the US prison camp Guantanamo Bay. According to the Pentagon, the man was already on March 2 killed during an attack against al-Qaeda.
'We can confirm the death of a former detainee Yasir al Silmi,' said a Pentagon spokesman. Silmi was stuck at Guantanamo Bay between 2002-2009.
The United States has their offensive against al Qaeda stepped up in recent days and led more than forty air strikes since February 28th. Apart Al-Silmi were slain three fighters on 2 March.
The prison camp Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was created by the Americans after the attacks of September 11, 2001 to hold terror suspects without charge.
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