Detained Yemeni seeks release after 12 years
A Guantanamo detainee portrayed by his US jailers as almost certainly a former al-Qaida member pleaded through his lawyer Tuesday to be freed from the Navy-run prison in Cuba, where he has been held without charges for 12 years.
Abdel Malik al-Rahabi, 34, only wants to rejoin his family, attend college, teach and start an agricultural business, attorney David Remes told a review panel whose proceedings, for the first time, were partly open to the public. (AP)
