Yemini loses case for release from Guantanamo Bay

By Nedra Pickler Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has lost his case to be released. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina wrote in an unclassified ruling issued last Friday that 34-year-old Mashour Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri is being lawfully detained at the U.S. naval prison in Cuba. Urbina ruled that the government evidence showed that Alsabri fought with al-Qaida and Taliban forces in Afghanistan before his arrest in early 2002. Alsabri denied that he was part of the forces, even though he admitted being associated with members. He also acknowledged being at Taliban front lines in 2001, but said he was there essentially as a tourist and not a fighter. Published: Tue, Feb 22, 2011