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12 prisoners leave Guantanamo for home
Twelve Guantanamo detainees have departed the ominous detention facility for their homelands in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somaliland, says the US Department of Justice.
The last I heard, the recidivism rate of Guantanamo graduates was 14%. I wonder what it is now?
The Justice Department announced in a statement on Sunday that six Yemenis, four Afghans and two Somali prisoners have been transferred over the weekend to their home countries.

"These transfers were carried out under individual arrangements between the United States and relevant foreign authorities to ensure the transfers took place under appropriate security measures," the Justice Department said in its statement.

"Consultations with foreign authorities regarding these individuals will continue," the statement added, AFP reported

The US seeks to relocate 116 detainees to their home, or third countries willing to accept them.
The number of those likely to return to their old, bad ways is left as an exercise for the student. Do not forget to take into account that the best-behaved were released long ago.
Around half of the 200-plus prisoners at the notorious detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are from Yemen. Washington fears that lack of the security resources in the Middle Eastern nation would pave the way for Guantanamo returnees to join armed groups.
But what else is there for a lad to do in Yemen, except join the army and massacre Houthis?
Should the relocation go as planned, US authorities would be prepared to transfer more Yemeni detainees.

US President Barack Obama admitted in November that he would not be able to keep his promise and shutter the prison in January.

He has pledged to close the controversial detention center in 2010, and announced last week that many of the detainees would be transferred to a prison in the US state of Illinois.

According to the US officials, some of the prisoners will stand trials in US criminal or military courts, while others are expected to be transferred abroad.
Posted by: Fred 2009-12-21
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