Guantanamo Prisoner to be Released

BBC - UK Guantanamo man 'to be freed'

A British resident is to be released from Guantanamo Bay, the Foreign Office has announced.

Bisher al-Rawi, an Iraqi national, has been held at the US detention camp in Cuba for almost five years on suspicion of links to terrorism.

In a statement, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said it had been agreed with the US authorities that he would be returned to the UK shortly.

Democrats Stop Effort to Close Guantanamo

The Raw Story - House Democrats drop effort to close Guantanamo

House Democrats have dropped plans to use the coming Defense Supplemental Appropriations legislation to permanently close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, RAW STORY has learned. One House Democrat sitting on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee promised the party would return to the issue later in the year when taking up the standard Defense funding bill.