Coverage dated April 19, 2023

US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has transferred a Guantanamo detainee back to his home country of Algeria, saying his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thu…

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    US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria (opens WOWK Charleston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has transferred a Guantanamo detainee back to his home country of Algeria, saying his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thu…

  2. Fox News

    US transfers Guantanamo detainee back to home country of Algeria (opens Fox News)

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    The U.S. announced Thursday that it had transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria.

  3. CNN

    US transfers alleged al-Qaeda associate from Guantanamo Bay to Algeria (opens CNN)

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    The US transferred an alleged al-Qaeda associate from Guantanamo Bay to Algeria, the Defense Department announced Thursday, part of the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to close the prison facility.

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria

  5. UPI

    Guantanamo prisoner held since 2002 being repatriated to Algeria (opens UPI)

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    A Guantanamo Bay prisoner captured in the years during the early hunt for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2002 is being transferred to Algeria, the first departure from the Cuban-based prison since President Joe Biden's b

  6. Washington Times

    U.S. transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria (opens Washington Times)

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    The U.S. has transferred a Guantanamo detainee back to his home country of Algeria, saying his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.

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