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Uh oh: Gitmo Detainees Shifted Back to Pakistan


Considering that Pakistan has caved in to Islamists to the point that the country is in serious dangerous of an Islamist takeover, this cannot be good. from Pakistan's Daily Times:

LAHORE: Of the 71 Pakistanis imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, 63 have been shifted back to Pakistan while eight are still imprisoned there, according to a report by the New York Times, a private TV channel reported on Friday. Abdul Rehman, Ali Abdul Aziz, Majid Khan, Saifullah Paracha and Khalid Sheikh Muhammad were amongst the eight Pakistanis who were still detained at Guantanamo Bay, the report said. Muhammad is considered to be the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the US. Citing a US Defence Department prisoners’ list, the report said initially, 779 prisoners from 49 countries were brought to the prison, out of which 533 had been shifted to their countries while 241 were still languishing there.

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