Aaron Cohen, Former Israeli Special Forces, joins Fox & Friends to weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Biden administration has cleared the release of three detainees, including an alleged 9/11 conspirator, who have been held in Guantánamo Bay for nearly two decades without having ever been charged with a crime.
Saifullah Paracha, 73, and Abdul Rabbani, 54, both of Pakistan, and Uthman Abdul al-Rahim Uthman, 40, of Yemen, have all been approved for transfer to other countries.
Paracha has been held for around 17 years on suspicion of having Al Qaeda ties. He was cleared for release by a review board, said his lawyer, Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, who represented him at his hearing in November.
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The Biden administration is limiting drone strikes amid a major policy review, The New York Times reported.
The administration is considering more safeguard to protect civilians.
Insider last month reported on a stark drop in drone strikes during Biden s first weeks in office.
There has been a steep drop in reported drone strikes since President Joe Biden took office, as Insider reported last month. Now The New York Times is reporting why: the new administration is conducting a major policy review that began the day it came into power.
The last administration unleashed the CIA and Pentagon, scrapping rules meant to protect innocent men, women, and children from being killed by unmanned aerial vehicles. It also spent its last few weeks in office escalating in Somalia, conducting a half-dozen attacks in the first half of January alone.
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Since Joe Biden took office, there have no reports of US drone strikes or civilian casualties.
This comes after Trump carried out more strikes in Somalia and Yemen than all other presidents combined. If there is a pause in airstrikes overall, we hope it s due to a reassessment of the United States strategy, said Amnesty International s Daphne Eviator.
It s a dark rite of passage for new, post-9/11 US presidents: Usually, within the first weekend, the fresh commander-in-chief, having inherited a global war on terror, orders the military or an intelligence agency to end someone s life with an airstrike. To adversaries, it demonstrates resolve; to allies as well as critics, it demonstrates that there will be continuity, no matter which party controls the White House.