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Freed Brits "Had Terror Training"
from EURSOC.comThe Sun claims that four of the five British prisoners recently released from Guantanamo Bay had been trained in guerilla combat by the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists. The report is based on information sent from US investigators at the Sunâs request, detailing the background and history of the former detainees. All four have denied links with terror groups and have been treated by Britainâs media as homecoming "innocents abroad", relieved to be back in Blighty after their two-year ordeal at the hands of their wicked US captors. Their claims of torture and mistreatment (strongly denied by US and British officials) have been used by some newspapers to undermine the war effort, and Britainâs close alliance with the US in particular. Few have questioned their stories of what they were doing in Taliban and al-Qaeda dominated Afghanistan in the first place. The Sun reports that government insiders, including some ministers, opposed the prisonersâ release but were overruled by Tony Blair. The Telegraph also reports that off-record, British officials agree the four are not so innocent, but play down claims of close al-Qaeda involvement. The Telegraph also claims that officials dispute the Sunâs claims of a trans-Atlantic divide over the prisonersâ release. As the Sun asserts, nothing is proven against the four men. But in any case, Britainâs security forces are said to be keeping the four under tabs, at a cost of £1 million a year. Posted by: ed 2004-03-18 |
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