Freed prisoners return to jihad, says US military
by Ian Munro Herald Correspondent in New York
AT LEAST 30 former prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have been killed or recaptured after taking up arms against US and allied forces following their release, the US military says.
They have been discovered in Afghanistan and Pakistan but not in Iraq, a US Defence Department spokesman said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Commander Jeffrey Gordon said that while in custody the men had falsely claimed to be farmers, truck drivers, cooks, small-arms merchants, low-level combatants or had offered other false explanations for being in Afghanistan.
"We are aware of dozens of cases where they have returned to militant activities, participated in anti-US propaganda or engaged in other activities," said Commander Gordon.
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