Yemen al-Qaeda link to Guantanamo Bay prison

Yemen al-Qaeda link to Guantanamo Bay prison

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The failed Detroit airliner bomb attack on Christmas Day awakened the world to the threat from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a group that until then was hardly a household name.

Said al-Shihri, left and Mohammed al-Awfi (January 2009)
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was formed in January 2009

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young Nigerian who allegedly came within an ace of killing almost 300 passengers and crew with a bomb hidden in his underwear, said he had been trained an

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This is an interesting find. Is there really a link between Guantanamo Bay and terrorism? Has the prison caused the uprising of al-Qaeda in Yemen and the Arab Peninsula?

Prison has always been known to be a sort of school for criminals to refine their skills and make connections with other criminals. Could this be the case for Guantanamo Bay? Has this place become a school for extremism and terrorism?

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