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Biden administration considers holding Haitian migrants fleeing gang-ravaged nation in Guantanamo Bay: report
March 13, 2024 | 9:35pmThe Biden administration is weighing a plan to use Guantanamo Bay to process Haitian migrants in the case of a mass exodus from the gang-ravaged nation, according to a report. ...
For 9/11 families, it's 22 years without answers, justice or accountability
September 10, 2023 | 7:27pmFor 22 years, my family and I — and most of all my sister, Laura, and the nearly 3,000 others who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks — have...
Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects, they could still escape death penalty
September 6, 2023 | 9:45pmBiden rejected some conditions sought by five suspected 9/11 plotters, but they could still be spared the death penalty.
Sept. 11 family members urge Biden to scrap plea deals with KSM, others
August 21, 2023 | 5:27pmOver 2,000 family members and survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, Terrorist Attack urged President Biden to oppose any plea agreement with five alleged terrorists behind the attack.
No deal for KSM and other 9/11 plotters
August 17, 2023 | 6:27pmA plea deal that spares 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the death penalty? Hell no.
Biden administration tells 9/11 families that attack mastermind, 4 others could be spared death penalty
August 16, 2023 | 8:06pmThe notice came in the form of a letter, obtained by the Associated Press, that was sent to 9/11 families as the government explores how to resolve the more than...
Biden reportedly looking to house Haitian migrants at Guantanamo Bay
October 30, 2022 | 4:00pmIn case of a mass exodus of Haitians, the Biden administration is weighing a plan to temporarily hold the migrants in a third country or use an existing center in...
Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo Bay after 17 years
October 30, 2022 | 12:10amSaifullah Paracha was reunited with his family after more than 17 years in custody in the US base in Cuba, the ministry added.
9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed awaits trial after two decades
September 10, 2022 | 3:47pmThe mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States continues to await trial more than 20 years after the murderous event that left 2,977 dead.
Prominent al-Qaeda figure detained at Guantanamo admits to war crimes
June 13, 2022 | 7:06pmThe Guantanamo Bay prisoner is one of 38 men still detained at the base.
US sends home Guantanamo prisoner suspected of trying to join 9/11 hijackers
March 7, 2022 | 9:45pmMohammad Ahmad al-Qahtan was flown to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo Bay after the Biden administration dropped a legal fight contesting the prisoner’s repatriation.
Inside the rehab center for Guantanamo terrorists
January 24, 2022 | 1:40amIf Guantanamo Bay was harsh and inhuman, the counseling and care center is anything but
Biden signs $768B defense bill, complains it won't let him close Gitmo
December 27, 2021 | 5:23pmBiden signed a $768B defense spending bill that includes a 2.7 percent pay raise for the troops, but not money to remove Guantánamo Bay terror detainees.
Navy combat ship USS Milwaukee sidelined over COVID outbreak
December 24, 2021 | 7:40pmA US Navy combat ship has delayed its deployment to South America due to a COVID-19 outbreak among the crew, officials said Friday.
White House wants contractors to help run Gitmo migrant facility
September 22, 2021 | 8:58pmThe Biden administration has put out a call for private contractors to bid for the right to operate a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, likely in response to the...
Taliban government stacked with Gitmo prisoners freed by Obama — and Biden may send them more
September 12, 2021 | 12:20amFour members of the Taliban's new government are alumni of Gitmo, released by President Barack Obama in 2014 in his drive to empty out the Guantanamo Bay detention center in...
2,976 counts of murder: Case resumes against '9/11 plotter' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
September 7, 2021 | 4:30pmIt’s been 20 years since 9/11, and the trial of the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has resumed after months of delays.
Taliban appoint former Guantanamo detainee as acting defense minister
August 25, 2021 | 7:59amFollowing his release from Cuba, Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir became the Taliban’s operations commander in southern Afghanistan.
Hundreds of released Gitmo detainees back to killing Americans
August 21, 2021 | 11:22amTwenty years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. intelligence documents reveal 229 “rehabbed” former Gitmo detainees have returned to terrorism and killing Americans.
Taliban commander claims he spent 8 years in Guantanamo Bay
August 16, 2021 | 8:19amThe unidentified man made his comments in a press conference live-streamed by Al Jazeera hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled from Afghanistan, the Times of London reported.