The four Britons who returned home free men from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had all been trained by the Al-Qaeda terror network, a newspaper said, citing allegations contained in US documents. The Sun said it had obtained US documents showing that Richard Belmar, 25, had confessed to having come face to face with Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at a training camp in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Belmar also admitted that Al-Qaeda had taught him how to use assault weapons and carry out battlefield tactics. He had lived with Bin Laden and his aides as the terrorist leader fine-tuned his plans for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.The other three who returned home with him -- Moazzem Begg, 36, Martin Mubanga, 31, and Feroz Abbasi, 25 -- also allegedly received weapons training, according to the documents published in The Sun. Though the four were released without charge after their return to Britain on Tuesday following up to three years in Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said the four individuals still pose a "significant threat."
But British police have said that statements and information gleaned by US and British intelligence interrogators at Cuba's Camp Delta are inadmissible in a British court. According to the documents published by The Sun, Abbasi is accused by the US government of going to Afghanistan on a Jihad mission to train to fight Americans and Jews. He was allegedly trained to carry out surveillance and ambushes and learned how to fire Kalashnakov's and rocket-propelled grenades, met top Al-Qaeda leaders, heard bin Laden speak and beat up a suspected spy who later identified him.
Begg, 36, was allegedly an enemy combatant and member of Al-Qaeda. He was alleged to have recruited others, provided money and support to Al-Qaeda training camps and received extensive military training, according to the US documents published by The Sun. His family claim it was a case of mistaken identity.
Mubanga, 32, was accused by the United States of being an Al-Qaeda member and fighting the coalition in Afghanistan after having received advanced military training. When he was arrested he was said to have been plotting to carry out surveillance of 33 Jewish organizations in New York. Mubanga denied all the allegations and retracted all statements made at his tribunal hearing. All four have denied they are linked to Al-Qaeda.