Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "محمد ياسر طاهر" in Arabic language version.
He was killed in the same strike as Usayd al-Adani, "a long-time Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula explosives expert and facilitator who served as the organisation's emir," Cpt Davis said.
{{استشهاد ويب}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (مساعدة)Yasir al-Silmi, who was held at Guantanamo Bay from 2002-2009, was killed in airstrikes on March 2, Davis said.
Al-Silmi's death came as the U.S. has launched over 40 airstrikes over the course of five nights in Yemen.
He said there were many Yemeni detainees at Guantánamo, a U.S. enclave in Cuba, and at other prisons inside and outside the United States – particularly Bagram air base in Afghanistan – including Yasser al-Salami (Salah's brother), Abdul-Rahim al-Nasheri and Ramzi bin al-Shaiba.
The death of Mossad al-Adani, al Qaeda's emir of Abyan governorate and an explosives expert, is a "blow to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," according to the officials. Also killed in that same strike was a former Guantanamo detainee,Yasir al-Silmi. He was at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2009.
Silmi, a Yemeni national who had also gone by the name Mohamed Tahar, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002, and handed over to U.S. authorities in May of that year. While U.S. officials suspected him of having ties to al-Qaeda plots, Silmi, like the vast majority of the more than 700 inmates who have been held at Guantanamo since 2002, was never charged with a crime.
{{استشهاد ويب}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (مساعدة)He said there were many Yemeni detainees at Guantánamo, a U.S. enclave in Cuba, and at other prisons inside and outside the United States – particularly Bagram air base in Afghanistan – including Yasser al-Salami (Salah's brother), Abdul-Rahim al-Nasheri and Ramzi bin al-Shaiba.
The death of Mossad al-Adani, al Qaeda's emir of Abyan governorate and an explosives expert, is a "blow to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," according to the officials. Also killed in that same strike was a former Guantanamo detainee,Yasir al-Silmi. He was at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2009.
Yasir al-Silmi, who was held at Guantanamo Bay from 2002-2009, was killed in airstrikes on March 2, Davis said.
He was killed in the same strike as Usayd al-Adani, "a long-time Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula explosives expert and facilitator who served as the organisation's emir," Cpt Davis said.
Al-Silmi's death came as the U.S. has launched over 40 airstrikes over the course of five nights in Yemen.
Silmi, a Yemeni national who had also gone by the name Mohamed Tahar, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002, and handed over to U.S. authorities in May of that year. While U.S. officials suspected him of having ties to al-Qaeda plots, Silmi, like the vast majority of the more than 700 inmates who have been held at Guantanamo since 2002, was never charged with a crime.