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US sends 5 Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement
[Ynet] Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the US military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the latest in a flurry of prisoner transfers aimed at closing the facility.The transfer of the five men followed a recent pledge by President Barack Obama They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them... for a stepped-up push to shut the internationally condemned detention center where most prisoners have been held without being charged or tried. The United States moved a total of 28 prisoners out of Guantanamo this year - the largest number since 2009 - and a senior US official said further transfers are expected in coming weeks. The inmate population there has now been whittled down to 127.
The three Yemenis who were transferred were identified as Asim Thabit Abdullah Al-Khalaqi, Muhammad Ali Husayn Khanayna and Sabri Muhammad Ibrahim Al Qurashi. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-01 |
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