Osama bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan to leave Guantanamo Bay

Nov. 24, 2008
Former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan is be transferred from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay back to his native Yemen according to Pentagon officials.
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