The U.S. flag flies over Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, in this March 5, 2013 file photo. Officials confirmed Thursday that five detainees were released from the center bringing the population of the controversial detention center to 143. Bob Strong. Reuters
5 Guantanamo Detainees Sent To Europe; Largest Release In Years -- L.A. Times
Five Guantanamo detainees have been flown to Europe for resettlement, the Pentagon announced Thursday, in the largest release of former terror suspects in years.
Three Yemenis sent to Georgia and a Yemeni and a Tunisian delivered to Slovakia were among the longest-held prisoners at the detention center for terror suspects at the U.S. naval base in Southern Cuba.
Georgia, a former Soviet republic, and Slovakia, a member of the Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, are now U.S. allies and accepted the released prisoners as a favor to the Obama administration, which has been trying to downsize and close the Guantanamo camps since the president took office in 2009. More longstanding U.S. allies have been reluctant to take in men the Pentagon has branded as dangerous terrorists for more than a decade, nor do they want to be seen as legitimizing a detention practice widely condemned in the democratic world.
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More News on 5 Guantanamo Detainees Being Released
US Sends Guantanamo Prisoners to Georgia, Slovakia -- ABC News/AP
U.S. releases five Guantanamo detainees to Georgia, Slovakia -- Reuters
US announces release of 5 Guantanamo prisoners -- FOX News
5 Guantánamo Inmates Are Sent to Eastern Europe -- NYT
Five Guantanamo detainees transferred -- CNN
Guantanamo Transfers First Yemeni Detainees Since 2010 -- WSJ
My Comment: So much for listening to Congress .... Obama releases Gitmo detainees, setting up fight with GOP (Washington Examiner).
1 comment:
Like they say there are no coincidences in politics.
This was done obviously under the cover of Executive Amnesty.
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