Mixed Results With Saudi Arabia's "Terrorist Rehabilitation" Program

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At the Care Rehabilitation Center, jihadis are put through a 12-step program that includes psychological counseling, art therapy, sports and lessons in Islam. The attendees consist of returnees from Guantanamo, those who intended to fight jihad in Iraq or are considered to be a threat to the Kingdom's security. Photo from Time Magazine

In Saudi Arabia, Re-Educating Terrorists Held At Gitmo -- Global Post

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoners said to be more likely to return to terror.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Last month, the Yemen-based deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Said Al Shihri, called on Saudi military personnel to join the extremist movement's jihad to overthrow the Saudi monarchy.

Al Shihri is a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, and a graduate of Saudi Arabia’s much-touted rehabilitation program for detained extremists, the most publicized aspect of its counter-terrorism strategy.

He is also the rehabilitation program's most high-profile failure.

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My Comment: I suspect that when he is caught again (if he is not killed first) .... he will not be given a second chance.