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US sends home five Guantanamo detainees
2007-03-02
The US military announced that it had sent home two Afghans and three Tajikistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, meaning that more prisoners have now been released or transferred than remain at the naval base. The five men, who had been held at the isolated detention centre in southeastern Cuba without being charged, were flown out early Wednesday and transferred to the custody of governments in their native countries, Navy Cmdr Robert Durand said. They were cleared for departure by a military review process that assesses whether prisoners have intelligence value or pose a threat to the United States.

The military does not provide details about individual cases including the names of those released. Since the Guantanamo prison opened in January 2002, some 390 detainees held on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda or the Taliban have been released, according to the Pentagon. Roughly 385 prisoners remain, including about 85 who have been deemed eligible for transfer or release through a series of review processes, according to a Pentagon statement.
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