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Released Guantanamo Detainees Killed Americans, Officials Believe
Source: ABC News
Released Guantanamo Detainees Killed Americans, Officials Believe
By JUSTIN FISHEL Jun 9, 2016, 4:42 PM ET
Officials within the Obama administration believe that at least a dozen former detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba are responsible for attacks that killed roughly six Americans in Afghanistan.
Officials declined to provide the exact numbers, saying they were classified.
These new figures, first reported by the Washington Post, represent only a portion of those former detainees who returned to the battlefield: those known to have killed Americans. A 2014 report from the Director of National Intelligence estimates that 17.3 percent of 620 released detainees returned to the battlefield. Nearly half of them are now dead or in custody, the report stated.
Of the at least 12 former detainees suspected of killing Americans, nine are now dead or in foreign custody, officials believe. They also say the killings did not occur recently and that all the former detainees involved were released during the George W. Bush administration.
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By JUSTIN FISHEL Jun 9, 2016, 4:42 PM ET
Officials within the Obama administration believe that at least a dozen former detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba are responsible for attacks that killed roughly six Americans in Afghanistan.
Officials declined to provide the exact numbers, saying they were classified.
These new figures, first reported by the Washington Post, represent only a portion of those former detainees who returned to the battlefield: those known to have killed Americans. A 2014 report from the Director of National Intelligence estimates that 17.3 percent of 620 released detainees returned to the battlefield. Nearly half of them are now dead or in custody, the report stated.
Of the at least 12 former detainees suspected of killing Americans, nine are now dead or in foreign custody, officials believe. They also say the killings did not occur recently and that all the former detainees involved were released during the George W. Bush administration.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/released-guantanamo-detainees-killed-americans-officials/story?id=39734164
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