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| Saudi Arabia confirms arrival of Guantanamo Bay prisoner |
| 2018-05-04 |
| [DAWN] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... confirmed on Thursday the arrival of a prisoner who was sent back to the Kingdom from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to serve out the remainder of his 13-year sentence. Ahmed Mohammed al-Darbi is the first detainee to leave the US base in Cuba since President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... took office. The Pentagon first announced the transfer in a brief statement on Wednesday. Saudi state security says al-Darbi arrived just before midnight on Wednesday and that his relatives had been notified. After serving the remainder of his sentence, about nine years, al-Darbi will spend time in a Saudi rehabilitation center for convicted holy warriors that aims to help them assimilate back into society through frequent visits with relatives, religious counseling with moderate holy mans, art therapy and even cash assistance to help them once out. There have been around 140 detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia. His transfer brings the number of men still held at Guantanamo to 40. The agreement to repatriate al-Darbi was made under President Barack Obama They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them... , whose administration had hoped to eventually close the detention center. Trump reversed that policy and has vowed to continue using the center. Al-Darbi pleaded guilty before a military commission at the US base in Cuba in 2014 to charges stemming from an al-Qaeda attack on a French oil tanker. His plea deal included extensive testimony against others held at Guantanamo. His charges included conspiracy, attacking civilian objects, terrorism and aiding the enemy for helping to arrange the 2002 al-Qaeda attack on the French tanker MV Limburg. The attack, which killed a Bulgarian crew member, happened after al-Darbi was already in US custody and was cooperating with authorities, according to court documents. Al-Darbi, 43, was captured at an airport in Azerbaijan in June 2002 and taken to the US base in Bagram, Afghanistan. He has testified to being kept in solitary confinement, strung up from a door in shackles, deprived of sleep and subjected to other forms of abuse as part of his early interrogation. |
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