One of the Guantanamo Bay detainees freed in London came face to face with Osama Bin Laden at a terrorist training camp, according to court documents revealed today. Richard Belmar, 25, and three others, were released without charge by Scotland Yard this week after officers concluded that there was not evidence to charge them with an offence. But the official US documents allege that all four were trained by al Qaeda in battlefield tactics and the use of assault weapons. According to US Department of Justice transcripts of a military tribunal held last October, Mr Belmar admitted to living with Bin Laden as he finalised his plans for the September 11 attacks. He is also reported to have been a disciple of Bin Laden's "Ambassador in Europe" Abu Qatada - who is soon to be freed from Belmarsh jail. Mr Belmar, of St Johns Wood, said he did not realise he was at terrorist training camp and thought it was a "military camp for Muslims".
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All the detainees are accused of being al Qaeda members, according to the transcripts. Feroz Abbasi, 24 of Croydon, is said to have gone to Afghanistan to train to fight Americans and Jews, according to the transcripts obtained by the Sun. When asked about his role, he launched into a rant against "terrorist America".
Martin Mubanga, 32, from Wembley, was seized in Zambia and is accused by the US of being an al Qaeda member and fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan after receiving "advanced military training". Mr Mubanga denied all the allegations and later retracted his statement from the tribunal. The fourth Britain, Moazzam Begg, 36, from Birmingham, refused to take part in the tribunal.