Yet even those tiny increases, between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage point from 2009 to 2011, have created a backlash in some countries.

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This is the same facility that was on the table as a Gitmo transfer destination back in 2009, and at the time was one of several transfer attempts that collectively sparked fierce backlash throughout the American public and in Congress.

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Then, in 2009, he was seen by some as one of the first casualties of a national electoral backlash against Democrats when he lost to Mr. Mangano.

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