Yemeni Detainees At Guantanamo Are Angry At President Obama

Detainees sit around the exercise yard in Camp 4, the medium security facility within Camp Delta at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In Camp 4, highly compliant detainees live in a communal setting and have extensive access to recreation. Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Sara Wood

Frustration Mounts, as Yemeni Detainees Languish In Guantanamo -- Voice Of America

Last year, U.S. President Barack Obama said the prison at Guantanamo Bay would be closed before the end of January, 2010. Three months after the deadline, families of Yemeni detainees, which make up about half of the prisoners held in Guantanamo, are hopeless and angry.

It has been eight and a half years since Bashir Nasser disappeared in Pakistan. His family says he left Yemen to go back to school where he was working towards an advanced degree in nursing. Four months after he left Yemen they got a letter from the Red Cross. Bashir was in Guantanamo.

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My Comment: I am not going to lose any sleep over this.