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US frees Yemeni prisoner from Guantanamo, sends him to Italy
 [AlAhram] A Yemeni prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been released after more than 14 years in jug and sent to Italia.
The Pentagon said Sunday that the release of Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman
| ...a Yemeni member of the original Al Qaeda. If you were to google his name, dear Reader, his Wikileaks file would pop up. But since that is probably still classified, I won't suggest it... |
reduces the number of men held at the U.S. base in Cuba to 78. He is one of about two dozen low-level
| ...given it's taken this long to release him, the current definition of low is probably decidedly eccentric... |
Guantanamo prisoners expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Military records show Suleiman was suspected of fighting with al-Qaeda against U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. He was never charged.
| He was a prisoner of war and a spy. Such people are not charged, they are held and interrogated. |
He was cleared for release in 2010 but U.S. does not sent Yemeni prisoners to their homeland because of instability there and had to find another country to accept him for resettlement.
The U.S. transferred two Guantanamo detainees to Italia in November 2009.
Posted by: trailing wife 2016-07-11 |
