The one-year deadline for closing Guantánamo came and went last week, with 196 men still detained at the U.S. facility. The interagency task force reviewing the Guantánamo detainees’ files has now finished its work. Unfortunately, instead of placing the remaining detainees into only two categories — release/transfer or try — it has also recommended adding a…
‘Bin Laden tape’ says al-Qaeda behind Christmas plot (BBC)
A tape said to be from Osama Bin Laden says al-Qaeda was responsible for a Christmas plot to blow up a plane. In the newly released audio tape aired on al-Jazeera, the speaker also warns the US there will be more attacks if it continues to support Israel. more at BBC