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First Guantanamo Inmate Released Under Trump Administration

The Pentagon says a 43-year-old convicted al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country after more than 15 years at the installation on Cuba. He'll serve nine more years in Saudi Arabia.
A U.S. military service member stands outside a prison cell at Camp 5. (Photo reviewed and cleared by U.S. military.)

The Pentagon says a 43-year-old convicted al-Qaida operative is the first inmate of the Trump administration to be transferred out of the U.S. military lockup in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After more than 15 years imprisonment there, Ahmed

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