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Home Front: WoT
12 prisoners leave Guantanamo for home
2009-12-21
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

#6  I hope "return" means a plane lands, taxis to the end of the runway, opens a door, and folks onboard toss out the dead bodies of the "returnees". The plane then returns to the States and gets another load. Maybe we need to include a few "journalists" from the Times and WAPO, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, and maybe even the Minneapolis Star/Tribune for similar treatment.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2009-12-21 15:54  

#5  You'd think the possibility that some of these guys will kill some of our guys would be a consideration for our Dear Leader. But apparently it's not.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-12-21 11:43  

#4  There has just been a second DoD report on recidivism issued since the article to which badanov links, one in May that was leaked to the New York Times, and one this month, which remains unleaked. And we've had reports here at Rantburg of Guantanamo graduates captured, killed, or otherwise actively involved in terror activity, so we know recidivism is real. It's quite possible the DoD does not want to reveal sources of information about individuals whose activities were not reported in the open press, and therefore chose to restate numbers on that basis... I have no idea. But it's something to think about.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-12-21 11:06  

#3  Any chance there are a few GPS trackers sewed into their underwear?
Posted by: Karl Rove   2009-12-21 10:20  

#2  
"ominous"? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-12-21 08:26  

#1  Gitmo 'Recidivism' Claims Don't Stand Scrutiny
James Joyner | January 16, 2009

Earlier this week, I reported on the U.S. Defense Department's claims that as many as 61 former Guantanimo detainees had returned to terrorism. My friend Steve Hynd, who blogs at Newshoggers and elsewhere, passes along a rather convincing rejoinder from Michael J. Ricciardelli of the Seton Hall Law Center for Policy & Research.

Link
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-12-21 04:28  

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