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US releases Guantanamo prisoner, resettles him in Cape Verde
[Ynet] A prisoner from Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has been released and sent to the West African nation of Cape Verde for resettlement. The Pentagon says the release announced Sunday of Shawqi Awad Balzuhair lowers the number of prisoners held at the US base in Cuba to 59. Twenty of those remaining have been approved for release. Balzuhair has been held at Guantanamo without charge since October 2002 following his capture along with several other suspected al-Qaeda ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , Pakistain. A US government review board determined he was a "low-level murderous Moslem" and approved his release in 2016. The US does not send prisoners back to Yemen because of the civil war and had to find another country to accept him. Cape Verde accepted another prisoner in 2010 Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-05 |
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