Two Gitmo detainees released this year returned to terrorist groups

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Washington Examiner:

Two of the 17 prisoners who were released from Guantanamo Bay in the first six months of 2016 have returned to fighting for terrorist organizations, the U.S. government confirmed to Reuters late Wednesday.

 

A total of nine prisoners released from the U.S. naval base in Cuba have rejoined militant groups since the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, a report released by the Office of Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday found.

 

Eleven former Gitmo Bay prisoners are now suspected of having returned to fighting, the January-through-July report found. That number had previously stood at 12, but dropped after one of the individuals was confirmed to be a fighter and no longer just suspected of it.

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Estimated number of Guantanamo recidivists continues to rise
Thomas Joscelyn
September 16, 2016

The number of former Guantanamo detainees “confirmed” or “suspected” of rejoining the jihad has grown to 208, according to statistics released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) this week.

 

More than 60 percent of the jihadists, 132 in total, are at-large. The remaining 76 ex-detainees have been killed, died of natural causes, or were re-captured.

 

The overwhelming majority of the ex-detainees on the ODNI’s recidivist list, 188 out of 208 (90 percent), were transferred or released during the Bush administration. An additional 20 recidivists (9 confirmed, 11 suspected) were transferred from Guantanamo during President Obama’s tenure.

 

The US government’s list of ex-Guantanamo detainees who have rejoined the fight has grown significantly since 2008, when the first statistics were made public. [see LWJ report, ODNI: 204 former Guantanamo detainees are confirmed or suspected recidivists.]

 

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