Suicide Bomber In Bulgaria Identified As A Former Guantanamo Detainee

Suspected Suicide Bomber Who Killed Israeli Tourists In Bulgaria Bus Bombing Previously Spent Two Years In Guantanamo Bay Before Being Released Without Charge -- Daily Mail

* The man behind the attack at Burgas airport is believed to be Mehdi Ghezali, an Algerian-Swedish Islamist
* Ghezali is believed to have spent two years in Guantanamo after he was arrested in Pakistan in 2001
* But when he was released and sent back to Sweden the local government refused to press charges
* He was again arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2009 on the Afghanistan border but once again set free when extradited back to his homeland
* Witnesses report the explosion happened soon after someone boarded the double-decker filled with Israeli tourists

A suicide bomber suspected of blowing up himself and six others at an airport in Bulgaria is believed to have spent two years in Guantanamo Bay before he was released without charge.

Media reports in Bulgaria have said the man behind the horrific attack at Burgas airport is Mehdi Ghezali, 33, an Algerian-Swedish Islamist.

He is believed to have spent two years in Guantanamo after he was arrested in Pakistan in 2001. But when he was released and sent back to Sweden the local government refused to press charges.

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My Comment: If true .... this is going to embarrass those who took up his case in Sweden when he was in Guantanamo.

Update: Mehdi Ghezali, Israeli Tourist Suicide Bomber? Bulgaria Press Reportedly Names Former Gitmo Detainee, Officials Deny -- Huffington Post