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Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen (AP)

This image provided by IntelCenter Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009 and taken from a video released Jan. 23, 2009 by al-Malahim Media Foundation, the media arm of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, shows a man IntelCenter identifies as Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi_then a senior leader in AQAP. Al-Oufi, who was once held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay and then released in Nov. 2007, later surrendered in Yemen and was handed over to the Saudis. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)AP - As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family's furniture store.