Title: Mcgowanjm Wire 2012 Source:
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Print Pentagon: Can't confirm Bulgaria bomber was at Guantanamo
By AUSTIN WRIGHT | 7/19/12 1:51 PM EDT
A Pentagon spokesman said Thursday he could not rule out the possibility that a suicide bomber who attacked a group of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria on Wednesday was formerly held by the United States at the Gitmo detention facility in Cuba.
“I’m aware of reports that we’re recently seeing out of the region,” said Pentagon spokesman George Little. “I cannot confirm those reports at this time.”
On Thursday, Bulgarian media reports identified the alleged bomber as 36-year-old Mehdi Ghezali, according Israeli media reports. Ghezali, a Swedish citizen, was detained for two years at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, the Israeli news website, Times of Israel, reported.
