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    US releases former Al Qaeda fighter, recruiter from Guantanamo Bay

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    By on January 11, 2016 Faculty, In the News

    Martha Rayner was quoted in an Associated Press article about the release of Muhammed Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shamrani, a Saudi prisoner at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    A profile of al-Shamrani first released by the Pentagon in 2014 said he “almost certainly remains committed to supporting extremist causes, and has continued to incite other detainees against the detention staff at Guantanamo.” His attorney, Martha Rayner, had said that the allegations against him were no more serious than prisoners who had already been released.

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    “Mr. al-Shamrani looks forward to participating in the Saudi reintegration program, reuniting with his family and establishing a peaceful and productive life in his home country,” said Rayner, professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York.

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