Guantanamo prisoner had U.S. military training

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

MIAMI, May 31 (Reuters) - The Guantanamo prisoner who died in his cell this week was a Saudi army veteran who trained with U.S. soldiers in his homeland before going to fight for the Taliban in Afghanistan, military records indicated on Thursday.

He died of apparent suicide on Wednesday at the prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Saudi Arabian government identified him as Abdul-Rahman bin Ma'ada bin Dhafer al Aameri and said it had begun procedures to bring home his body.

"A team of Saudi specialists has started, upon an invitation from the American side, a visit to the Guantanamo detention (center) to review the conditions on the Saudi detainees and intensify the effort to repatriate them as soon as possible," the state-run Saudi Press Agency said.

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[LSparkle]

1. Suicide? Hmm ... better check that out

Sounds kind of convenient that this only leaks out now that he's DEAD ...

[TroubleMan]

2. When I worked at Communication Officers School in Quantico we had Saudis there occasionally.

The Saudi officers trained with our regular Lieutenants. We also had officers from Brazil, England, Scotland, and there might have been some others. That was in the mid-90's. I don't know if they still do that.

It's part of Marine Corps University, and here's the sight: http://www.mcuf.org/about.asp

It's now called Command and Control Systems School.