An increasing number of detainees released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay are joining insurgent groups, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The disclosure came amid revelations that former detainees were playing a leadership role in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- a Yemen-based group believed to be behind a failed plot to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that the United States was suspending the transfer of additional detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen, citing the deteriorating security situation there. Way to Go People for Change.. dumfking jackasses As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family's furniture store. Instead, al-Shihri, who was released in 2007 under the Bush administration, is now deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day