Six Guantanamo Detainees Released

A guard keeps watch from a tower at the military
facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

From CNN:

(CNN) -- Six detainees were released from the U.S. military's detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense said Saturday.

Four of the men were transferred to Iraq, one to Algeria and one to Afghanistan, a military spokesman said.

They had each been detained at Guantanamo for "several years," according to the military. None of them was charged with a crime.

"The transfer is a demonstration of the United States' desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary," said a Department of Defense statement. "It also underscores the processes put in place to assess each individual and make a determination about their detention while hostilities are ongoing, an unprecedented step in the history of warfare."

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My Comment: This is the worse part of Guantanamo. Being in prison with a bunch of hard core killers .... and in the end they release you because .... well .... it was a mistake.