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Biden administration plans to release three Guantanamo Bay inmates, including a 9/11 'conspirator' and Osama Bin Laden's suspected bodyguard, who have been held for nearly 20 years
    *President Joe Biden's administration plans to release three Guantanamo Bay inmates who have been held for nearly 20 years without being charged
    *The prison's oldest inmate, 73-year-old Saifullah Paracha of Pakistan, was cleared by the prisoner review board along with two other men
    *54-year-old Abdul Rabbani of Pakistan and Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, a 40-year-old from Yemen were also approved for release
   * President Joe Biden's administration said it intends to resume efforts to close the detention center, which had been halted under President Donald Trump

By Associated Press and Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:06 EDT, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 14:58 EDT, 18 May 2021
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President Joe Biden's administration plans to release three Guantanamo Bay inmates who have been held for nearly 20 years without being charged.

The prison's oldest inmate, 73-year-old Saifullah Paracha of Pakistan, was cleared by the prisoner review board along with two other men, said Paracha's lawyer Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, who represented him at his hearing in November. 

Authorities alleged he was an al-Qaida 'facilitator' who helped two of the conspirators in the Sept. 11 plot with a financial transaction. He says he didnĀ“t know they were al-Qaida and denies any involvement in terrorism.  ...
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