Monday, December 28, 2009

Transferring Yemeni Prisoners From Guantanamo Is Now In Doubt

The entrance to an internment facility at Camp Delta, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Kathleen T. Rhem/U.S. Department of Defense.

Gitmo Transfer To Yemen In Doubt -- UPI

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. plans to send Guantanamo detainees to Yemen must be re-examined in light of an attempt to destroy a Northwest Airlines jet, lawmakers said.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutalla, the Nigerian man charged with Friday's bombing attempt, allegedly told authorities in Detroit that al-Qaida members in Yemen engineered the explosive device found sewn into his underwear, ABC News reported Sunday.

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More News On Yemeni Prisoners At Guantanamo

Xmas bomb bid complicates Gitmo plan -- Politico
6 Detainees Are Returned to Yemen -- New York Times
Six Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be repatriated -- Washington Post
Transferring Detainees To Yemen. -- American Prospect
Guantanamo at crossroads -- L.A. Times editorial
What to do with the 95 Yemenis at Gitmo now? -- Hot Air
Reality intrudes on plans to close Gitmo -- Power Line

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