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US officials were quick to dismiss rumours of any connection between an increased threat of terrorist activity in Yemen and the repatriation of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to that country. Media sources had speculated that some of the released prisoners were involved in an attempt to blow up a man's underwear on an aeroplane but the US firmly denies there is any link.

"You have to consider all of the possibilities. Either we held completely innocent men in appalling conditions for over 7 years without proper access to lawyers, or a trial, or any solid evidence against them" said Butch Trousers. "Or alternatively we just released a bunch of criminally insane terrorists into a country that will allow them to launch multiple terror attacks against the USA. When you consider those two options neither seems rational, now does it?"

"The reason we have temporarily stopped sending these boys home is that Bono and Sting have objected to the carbon footprint of the flights and no-one in their right mind would upset those two, least of all the President."