Guantanamo Bay: US frees 'Bin Laden bodyguard'

A Saudi man said to have once worked as a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden has been freed from Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said.

BBC News, --September 23, 2015

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Abdul Shalabi, 39, has been transferred back to Saudi Arabia.
Shalabi was captured by Pakistani forces in 2001 and sent to the US base in Cuba, where he went on a long hunger strike against his confinement. His release means 114 inmates remain at Guantanamo, including 52 who have been approved for transfer. More...

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