Suicide Bomber in Iraq Was Once in Guantanamo
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The American military is confirming that a former Guantanamo detainee from Kuwait carried out a recent suicide attack in northern Iraq.
A spokesman for the American military’s Central Command told the Associated Press yesterday that Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi took part in an attack in Mosul.
U.S. Navy Commander Scott Rye says authorities don’t know the motive for the attack, which was reported last week by Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television. Apparently, Iraqi security forces were targeted.
America transferred Ajmi to Kuwaiti custody from Guantanamo in 2005. A Kuwaiti court later acquitted him of terrorism charges.
