US: 1 in 5 ex-Guantanamo detainees joining militants
A classified Pentagon assessment shows one in five detainees released from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay has joined or is suspected of joining militant groups like al-Qaeda, US officials said Wednesday.
The disclosure comes amid revelations that former detainees were playing a leadership role in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - a Yemen-based group believed to be behind the failed plot to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day. (Reuters)
