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           Al-Qaida Leader Message Vows to Free Guantanamo Prisoners

   The leader of al-Qaida appears to have condemned U.S. treatment of
   hunger-striking inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and vowed that the
   terror network will "spare no efforts" to free them.
   An audio message claiming to be from Ayman al-Zawahiri could not be
   independently confirmed. It was posted on an Islamist website Wednesday
   that is commonly used by al-Qaida terrorists.
   The message says the prisoners` hunger strike "unmasks the true ugly
   face of America." It did not say how al-Qaida planned to free the
   prisoners.
   The U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay holds 166 prisoners, many
   imprisoned in counter-terrorism operations after the September 11, 2001
   terrorist attacks against the United States. Several are on a hunger
   strike to protest against their indefinite detention, with some being
   force-fed.
   Early Tuesday, Pakistani Taliban members broke 250 inmates out of a
   prison in the northwest city of Dera Ismail Khan. Last week, al-Qaida
   claimed responsibility for raids on two Iraqi jails. The group said
   they freed more than 500 inmates in the raid.
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