Civil Liberties

US Claims Guantanamo Detainee Could Rejoin Al Qaeda if Released to Yemen

His lawyers told a Periodic Review Board that he wants to start an agricultural business

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His U.S. jailers say a Yemeni detained for 12 years at Guantanamo Bay would have ample opportunity to rejoin al-Qaeda if he is released.

But his lawyer says Abdel Malik al-Rahabi only wants to rejoin his family and start an agricultural business.