DN! 20% of Freed Gitmo Prisoners Engage in Militant Activity
0Pentagon: 20% of Freed Gitmo Prisoners Engage in Militant Activity
A newly disclosed Pentagon report says the number of freed Guantanamo Bay prisoners engaging in militant activity upon their release is on the rise. On Wednesday, the Pentagon says one in five Guantanamo prisoners has returned to fight, up from one in seven reported last April. As with prior claims, the Pentagon report offers few details and prevents independent verification. The report also fails to say how many of the former prisoners were believed to have gone on to militant activity as a result of their torture at Guantanamo. The most deadly act by a former Guantanamo prisoner was carried out by Kuwaiti national Abdallah al-Ajmi, who killed thirteen people in Iraq in 2008. Al-Ajmis attorney has said he was radicalized and left mentally unstable after four years of torture at Guantanamo.