Donald Trump: Freed Guantanamo Bay detainees 'returned to battlefield'

On Monday, US air strikes against an al-Qaida-linked group in Yemen killed a former detainee who was released from the prison in 2009.

Donald Trump: Freed Guantanamo Bay detainees 'returned to battlefield'
Tue, 07 Mar, 2017 - 13:15

US president Donald Trump has claimed "122 vicious prisoners" released by the Obama administration from Guantanamo Bay "have returned to the battlefield".

Mr Trump did not cite where he obtained the statistic in his latest controversial tweet.

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