First Al Qaeda Prisoners Flown From Afghanistan . . .
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First Al Qaeda Prisoners Flown From Afghanistan
Thursday, January 10, 2002
(12:07 PM ET)
Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
The first group of al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners held by U.S. forces flew out of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, bound for a prison camp at a U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, CNN reported.
Gunfire erupted as U.S. military aircraft, carrying the first batch of some 20 prisoners, left Kandahar air base, it said.
CNN said the reason for the shooting was not immediately clear.
(iWon.com News Source)
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