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Former Guantanamo Inmate Who Rejoined al-Qaida Surrenders

   VOA News 16 October 2010

   A  former detainee of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo who later
   rejoined al-Qaida in Yemen has turned himself in to Saudi authorities.
   Saudi  Arabia's Interior Ministry says Jabir Jubran al-Fayfi contacted
   the Saudi government from Yemen to express his readiness to surrender.
   The Yemeni government arranged for his return.
   Al-Fayfi   was   released   from   Guantanamo   in   2006  to  undergo
   rehabilitation  in Saudi Arabia. He rejoined al-Qaida after completing
   the reform program.
   Saudi  officials say 11 of more than 100 former Guantanamo inmates who
   finished the rehabilitation program returned to militancy.
   The  Yemen-based  al-Qaida  in  the  Arabian  Peninsula  is  known for
   launching attacks on regional and Western targets.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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