Guantanamo Testimony
In late October 2008 three of the six men testified at Ali Hamza al Bahlul's Guantanamo military commissions. Yassein Taher, Sahim Alwan and a third member of the group testified about being shown a two hour jihadist video that celebrated the attack on the USS Cole while they were in al Qaeda guest houses and when they attended the al Farouq training camp. Al Bahlul stands accused of producing the jihadist video. The Buffalo men testified that they were terrified and appalled by the video. According to the Miami Herald Taher and Alwan expected their testimony would be rewarded by being placed in the witness protection program, like the third man whose name was withheld from the Press.
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