13 مليون دولار تكلفة سجين غوانتانامو سنوياً

من 700 إلى 36 نزيلاً... أبرزهم خالد شيخ محمد

معسكر «دلتا» في غوانتانامو احتجز فيه سجناء «القاعدة» و«طالبان» (نيويورك تايمز)
معسكر «دلتا» في غوانتانامو احتجز فيه سجناء «القاعدة» و«طالبان» (نيويورك تايمز)
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13 مليون دولار تكلفة سجين غوانتانامو سنوياً

معسكر «دلتا» في غوانتانامو احتجز فيه سجناء «القاعدة» و«طالبان» (نيويورك تايمز)
معسكر «دلتا» في غوانتانامو احتجز فيه سجناء «القاعدة» و«طالبان» (نيويورك تايمز)

مر أكثر من 20 عاماً منذ أن جلبت إدارة الرئيس الأميركي الأسبق جورج دبليو بوش أول المعتقلين إلى قاعدة غوانتانامو في جنوب شرقي كوبا بعد 4 أشهر من هجمات 11 سبتمبر (أيلول) 2001... كانت مهمة مؤقتة، ولا تزال تدار على هذا النحو «على غرار الحملة العسكرية المحددة بوقت» كما يسميها الجيش.
وعلى مر السنين، بلغت تكلفة المهمة 7 مليارات دولار، واحتجزت 780 معتقلاً، وآوت الآلاف من الجنود في فترات خدمة قصيرة أو طويلة غالباً. حالياً لا يوجد في السجن سوى 36 معتقلاً، أبرزهم خالد شيخ محمد قيادي «القاعدة» الذي اعترف بتدبير هجمات سبتمبر، ويكلف الواحد منهم السلطات الأميركية 13 مليون دولار في السنة، ولا توجد طريقة لمعرفة متى قد تنتهي المهمة، بحسب تقرير لـ«نيويورك تايمز» أمس.
وتعزى هذه التكاليف المرتفعة جزئياً إلى التناوب الهائل في القوة العاملة، حيث يطلق السجن على الموظفين تسمية «مقاتلي الحرب» في غوانتانامو، الذي يضم 6000 مقيم. كما ظهرت مشاكل بسبب طبيعة التخطيط المتقطعة لعملية الاعتقال التي تعهد رئيس بإغلاقها وتعهد آخر باستمرارها، دونما أن يحقق أحدهما هدفه منها. وجلبت إدارة بوش جميع المعتقلين الـ780، ثم خفضت عدد النزلاء إلى نحو 240. ووجد فريق الرئيس باراك أوباما أماكن لنحو 200 معتقل، لكن الكونغرس أحبط خطة إدارته لنقل آخر 41 سجيناً إلى سجون الولايات المتحدة.
حالياً، يجري محامو خالد شيخ محمد وأربعة آخرين متهمين بالتواطؤ معه، محادثات سرية لحل القضية من خلال السماح لهم بالاعتراف بذنبهم مقابل الحكم عليهم بالسجن المؤبد.
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معتقل غوانتانامو... «الاستثناء» الذي أصبح قاعدة

خاص مشهد عام لـ«كامب إكس» حيث الحراسة المشددة (أ.ف.ب)

معتقل غوانتانامو... «الاستثناء» الذي أصبح قاعدة

في الذكرى الـ25 لهجمات 11 سبتمبر (أيلول)، يبدو معتقل غوانتانامو أقل شبهاً بسجن بقي مفتوحاً بالخطأ، وأكثر اقتراباً من مؤسسة متجذرة عرفت كيف تقاوم الزمن.

بيسان الشيخ (لندن )
الولايات المتحدة​ معسكر «دلتا» في «غوانتانامو» حيث يُحتجز سجناء من «القاعدة» و«طالبان» (غيتي)

تحديد موعد لمحاكمة المتهم بتدبير «هجمات 11 سبتمبر»

أمر قاضٍ في سلاح الجو الأميركي خالد شيخ محمد المتهم بتدبير هجمات 11 سبتمبر 2001 على الولايات المتحدة بالمثول ‌أمام محكمة عسكرية.

شمال افريقيا عناصر شرطة ألمانية (رويترز - أرشيفية)

حكم قضائي يسمح لموريتاني معتقل سابق في غوانتانامو بدخول ألمانيا

قضت محكمة ألمانية بالسماح للموريتاني محمدو ولد صلاحي الذي كان معتقلاً في غوانتانامو والذي جسدت هوليوود قصته في فيلم «الموريتاني»، بالدخول إلى ألمانيا مجدداً.

«الشرق الأوسط» (برلين)
أوروبا صورة أرشيفية غير مؤرخة قدّمتها «القيادة المركزية الأميركية» تظهر أبو زبيدة (أ.ب)

بريطانيا توافق على دفع «مبلغ ضخم» لتسوية دعوى أقامها معتقل في غوانتانامو

قال محامي أحد معتقلي خليج غوانتانامو، الاثنين، إن الحكومة البريطانية وافقت على دفع «مبلغ ضخم» لتسوية دعوى قضائية أقامها المعتقل.

«الشرق الأوسط» (لندن)
الولايات المتحدة​ مدخل محكمة «غوانتانامو» (أ.ب)

قضاة جدد في غوانتانامو يتسلمون قضية «أحداث 11 سبتمبر»

عادت القضية المرفوعة ضد الرجال المتهمين بالتخطيط لـ«هجمات 11 سبتمبر (أيلول)» الإرهابية عام 2001 إلى مسار العمل مدة وجيزة هذا الأسبوع.

كارول روزنبرغ (واشنطن)

US Imposes Sanctions on 13 Tied to Iran Weapons Procurement

The seal of the Treasury Department is seen before a news conference, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP)
The seal of the Treasury Department is seen before a news conference, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP)
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US Imposes Sanctions on 13 Tied to Iran Weapons Procurement

The seal of the Treasury Department is seen before a news conference, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP)
The seal of the Treasury Department is seen before a news conference, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP)

The US government announced fresh sanctions on Tuesday against 13 individuals and entities, including some based in Russia, China, Hong Kong and Pakistan, saying they helped Iran procure weapons and components.

The sanctions announced by the Treasury and State departments are part of the Trump administration's effort to isolate Iran economically and force it to negotiate an end to the war that began with a US-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said: “Treasury will not tolerate any support to the ‌regime and ‌will continue to identify, expose, and isolate Iran’s ‌enablers.”

Treasury ⁠said the sanctions ⁠were aimed at degrading Tehran's ability to reconstitute its weapons programs, while increasing the costs for those who supported its procurement efforts.

Those targeted in Tuesday's sanctions announcements include:

* Seyyed Asghar Alizadeh Tabatabai, a Beijing-based representative of Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics agency, who Treasury said had coordinated ⁠the procurement of finished weapons systems and dual-use ‌components in China on Iran’s behalf.

* ‌Iran-based Kavoshcom Asia R and D Group, which Treasury said had ‌procured electronics including connectors for Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company.

* ‌Hong Kong-based EC Mojo Technology Co Limited, which Treasury said had provided electronic components in support of Kavoshcom’s procurement efforts, and EC Mojo's China-based representative Li Fen.

* Pakistan-based Waseem Pasha Tajammal, who serves ‌as chairman of Cavalier Group, a privately owned defense company with locations in Pakistan and internationally.

* ⁠Joint Stock ⁠Company Experimental Design Bureau Named After A.S. Yakovlev, a Russia-based aircraft manufacturer.

* MG-Flot LLC, a Russia-based shipping company whose vessels transport weapons for the Russian government.

* Saha Airlines, an Iran-based airline affiliated with the country's air force.

Brett Erickson, managing principal with Obsidian Risk Advisors, said the latest sanctions action would do little to impede Iran's ability to launch missiles and drones in the Strait of Hormuz.

"This is optics management for the Trump administration to claim 'We're hammering them,' when the reality is we're poking them with a toothpick," he said.


Altman Unveils ‘Always-On’ AI Agent After OpenAI Shelves Another Model Over Security Concerns

An OpenAI display welcomes attendees as they arrive for an OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
An OpenAI display welcomes attendees as they arrive for an OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Altman Unveils ‘Always-On’ AI Agent After OpenAI Shelves Another Model Over Security Concerns

An OpenAI display welcomes attendees as they arrive for an OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
An OpenAI display welcomes attendees as they arrive for an OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026, in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images/AFP)

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a “remarkably capable, always-on” artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday, a day after the company halted the rollout of a more advanced model over security concerns.

At the company’s annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including OpenAI's new agents, called Dots. The agents, designed to complete ongoing tasks proactively on behalf of users, are a competitor of Meta's personal agent Muse, which exploded in popularity after Meta's own conference last week.

Dot agents will be “like an AI helper that always has your back, inspired by the cool versions of what we all watched in movies growing up," Altman said.

On Monday, OpenAI said it was holding off on releasing the other model because of concerns raised by its researchers. That followed broader calls within the industry to decelerate the pace of the technology’s advance to let safety measures catch up.

Altman avoided making references to security concerns around the shelved model during his keynote address, but said during a question-and-answer session that the company was investing more in safety, security and monitoring of AI agents.

The AI boom should be considered more like a period of renaissance than an industrial revolution, he said.

“The best version of AI is not about making people cogs in a giant machine, ever whirring faster and faster. There are some parts of life that we cannot and should not automate,” Altman said. “AI should be about giving people more power over their own lives, more tools to create, learn, discover, expand knowledge.”

The company also announced the release of GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgraded version of its model GPT-6 Sol, and a premium speed tier called “Ultrafast," among other launches and updates.

OpenAI's announcements came as Altman's industry peers were meeting with President Donald Trump Tuesday. While many in Silicon Valley have called for the government to help establish guardrails for the technology, Trump has pushed back against the idea of greater government oversight of AI.

While Altman didn't attend, OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman was at the White House, along with Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Several other industry leaders joined them, along with senior administration officials and House Speaker Mike Johnson.


Trump Says He Does Not Know if Iran Is Going to ‘Give Up Yet’

 Cargo ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, before sunrise Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Cargo ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, before sunrise Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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Trump Says He Does Not Know if Iran Is Going to ‘Give Up Yet’

 Cargo ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, before sunrise Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Cargo ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, before sunrise Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know if Iran is going to "give up yet" but cast the country as doing "very poorly" in its war with the US.

"I don't know if they are going to give up ‌yet but ‌they'll give up," Trump told reporters.

"They ‌are ⁠doing very poorly," ⁠he added.

A US blockade has cut Iran's financial lifeline - oil exports, and economic costs of the war have made life tougher for Iranians.

Iran's president told the UN General Assembly last ⁠week that Tehran would never surrender to ‌US pressure.

The rise in oil prices due to the ‌war has also become a major issue ‌for Trump's Republican Party heading into the November US midterm elections.

The war has led to the blockade of the Strait of ‌Hormuz, which carried a fifth of global supplies of crude oil ⁠and ⁠LNG before the conflict.

Trump has offered shifting goals and timelines for the Iran war that began on February 28 when the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran responded with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states.

US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed thousands and displaced millions.