Ex-Guantanamo man held in Britain over Syria ‘terror’

LONDON. — British police arrested former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg and three other people yesterday in the latest in a string of detentions linked to suspected terror offences relating to Syria. Begg, who spent three years in the US detention centre in Cuba before his release without charge in 2005, was arrested by counter-terrorism officers in the central English city of Birmingham.

The 45-year-old, who is now an outspoken rights activist, was arrested at his home on suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas, said West Midlands Police. — AFP.

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