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Updated: May 18 2021, 15:56 ET JOE Biden's administration is set to release Osama Bin Laden's suspected bodyguard and 9/11 "conspirator" from Guantanamo Bay. Saifullah Paracha, 73, who has been held on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda but never charged with a crime, was cleared by the prisoner review board along with two other men, his lawyer said. 7 7 The Biden administration is set to release themCredit: Getty Paracha - who is also suspected to have been a member of Osama Bin Laden's bodyguard corps - was represented by attorney Shelby Sullivan-Bennis at his hearing in November. As is customa...

Daily Times 73-year-old Saifullah Paracha is the oldest of those still held nearly two decades after 9/11 attacks May 19, 2021 WASHINGTON – Three of the 40 prisoners still at the Guantanamo Bay military prison have been approved for release, a lawyer for one said on Tuesday, the first such approvals under the administration of US President Joe Biden. The three included Pakistani Saifullah Paracha, who at 73 is the oldest of those still held, nearly two decades after the US detained hundreds of suspects in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The others approved for release were Abdul...

A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was notified on Monday that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the U.S. base in Cuba, his lawyer said.

Lawyer: US approves release of oldest Guantanamo prisoner by Ben Fox, The Associated Press Posted May 17, 2021 5:17 pm EDT Last Updated May 17, 2021 at 5:28 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was notified on Monday that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the U.S. base in Cuba, his lawyer said. Saifullah Paracha, who has been held on suspicion of ties to al-Qaida but never charged with a crime, was cleared by the prisoner review board along with two other men, said Shelby ...

  WASHINGTON -- A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was notified on Monday that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the U.S. base in Cuba, his lawyer said. Saifullah Paracha, who has been held on suspicion of ties to al-Qaida but never charged with a crime, was cleared by the prisoner review board along with two other men, said Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, who represented him at his hearing in November. As is customary, the notification did not provide detailed reasoning for the decision and conclude...