Pentagon: Some Released Detainees Return To Battle

Guantanamo Prison

Pentagon Cites Evidence On Gitmo Detainees Who Returned to Battlefield -- FOX News

The Pentagon offers up fingerprints, DNA, photos and intelligence to link former Guantanamo Bay detainees to recent terror action.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Tuesday it has fingerprints, DNA, photos or reliable intelligence to link 27 detainees to the battlefields since their release from the prison on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

That's about 5 percent of the 540 terror suspects released from the prison. Another 9 percent of freed Guantanamo detainees are suspected to have rejoined the terror activity. That's 74 detainees in all.

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Update: One in 7 who leave Guantanamo involved in terrorism -- Reuters

Update #2: Tunisia will accept 10 citizens held in Guantanamo -- AP

My Comment: I would like to know who was responsible for releasing the ones who returned to "jihad" .... and why were they released.

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