Cable: US ambassador praised ex-Gitmo inmate (AP)

Written on November 30, 2010 by Editor - Political News

FILE - Former Guatanamo detainee Moazzam Begg, who was released in 2005, speaks in London, in this Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 file photo. One of more than 290 cables posted so far to the Internet by secret-spilling website WikiLeaks quotes US Ambassador to Luxembourg Cynthia Stroum as saying that Begg was 'doing our work for us' by pressing European officials to take in those interned at Guantanamo — a key priority of President Barack Obama's administration, which has struggled to close the controversial prison. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, file)AP - The U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg praised a former Guantanamo Bay detainee for lobbying European governments to accept former inmates of the American military prison, according to a leaked diplomatic cable.



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