US airstrikes kill former Guantanamo detainee in Yemen

WASHINGTON - U.S. airstrikes against an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Yemen killed a former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee who was released in 2009 despite earlier recommendations that he remain in custody because he was considered a high threat to America and its allies.The Pentagon says Mohammed Tahar, a Yemeni, was killed Thursday. Tahar was held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for seven years.A March 2008 memo from the detention center commander warned that Tahar would engage in extremist activ