| Report proposes canceling U.S. aircraft carriers, investing in lasers to combat Russia and China; Pentagon releases Mauritanian prisoner who penned Guantanamo memoir; How U.S. and Western troops will help in the battle for Mosul; ‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’: What America’s new war looks like in Afghanistan’s most violent province; | | | | | | | A military blog by Dan Lamothe |
| | | | | Pentagon releases Mauritanian prisoner who penned Guantanamo memoir | | The Pentagon has sent home a Mauritanian prisoner who wrote a best-selling memoir about his captivity at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after 14 years at the military prison. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a high-profile detainee whose release was approved by a government panel in July, was moved to Mauritania on Monday, said Lt. Col. Valerie Henderson, a U.S. military spokeswoman. … | | By Missy Ryan • Read more » |
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