 Riyadh, 1 Nov. (AKI) - A Saudi minister has promised to sponsor the weddings of five Saudi nationals who were released from the American detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | Weddings, huh? Hope there ain't no "accidents" |
The assistant minister of interior for security affairs, Prince Mohammad Bin Naif Bin Abdul Aziz also said that he would give the former US terror suspects a monthly salary bonus once they had completed their studies, according to a report on the Arabic language paper Al Riyadh. | Refresher courses on escape and evasion, lying to interrogators and beating your wife without leaving a mark? |
The prince recently met all five men who were arrested by US agents in Afghanistan and detained at the base in Guantanamo Bay. The decision to provide these men with bonuses is part of the prince's plan to support and ensure a smooth re-entry into society for the former inmates and to try and deter them for any further involvement with radical groups. | "Youse guys reformed?" "Yes, your highness" "Ok, you're free to go. Don't get caught again, see?" |
There are more than 560 prisoners in the detantion centre known as Camp X-ray, of whom 121 are Saudis, captured in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime and accused of being linked to al-Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, was a Saudi national until the 1990s, when he was stripped of his citizenship. |