July 26, 2015
Two former Gitmo residents arrested in Belgium; recruiting terrorists for al-Qaeda
The president is once again planning to close the Guantanamo detention facility, no doubt releasing some of the remaining prisoners and bringing others to the US.
But Belgium police just arrested two former inmates of Gitmo on terrorism charges - one of them held up as a poster boy for a poor, innocent Muslim held on false terrorism charges.
CNN:
"We have dismantled a serious recruiting network for Syria," the official told CNN.
One of the former Guantanamo Bay detainees was Moussa Zemmouri, 37, a Moroccan national born in Antwerp, Belgian federal prosecutors announced Friday. The other was an Algerian identified as Soufiane A., who prosecutors believe spent time in Syria.
Both have been charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist group and all five have been charged with attempted armed robbery.
Zemmouri was released from Guantanamo in 2005 and authored a book "Innocent at Guantanamo" after returning to Belgium. His case was...(Read Full Post)