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| Pentagon announces transfer of 15 detainees to their home countries |
| 2007-12-14 |
| (KUNA) -- The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced on Thursday the transfer of Afghan and Sudanese detainees held in Guantanamo back to their home countries. The Pentagon said in a statement released today that 13 Afghans and two Sudanese "were determined to be eligible for transfer following a comprehensive series of review processes". "The transfer is a demonstration of the United States' desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary", added the statement. Four hundred and eighty-five detainees has been released since 2002 and the Pentagon asserted that there are 70 detainees eligible for transfer pending ongoing discussions between the United States and their home countries. "It also underscores the processes put in place to assess each individual and make a determination about their detention while hostilities are ongoing - an unprecedented step in the history of warfare", said the statement about this process. State Department coordinator for counterterrorism Dell Dailey praised yesterday the Saudi "reintegration program" to rehabilitate over 100 Saudi detainees that left Guantanamo last year. "The Saudi program is the best in existence today, it focuses on the individual as a victim not as a criminal", said Dailey in an appearance at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. There are sill 290 detainees currently held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba most of them are Yemenis, Afghans and Saudis. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Sounds like Massachusetts... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-12-14 13:16 |
| #1 "The Saudi program is the best in existence today, it focuses on the individual as a victim not as a criminal", said Dailey... And, of course, the 'victims' get a pat on the head and are released immediately. Only a State Dept. dipwad could say something that stupid. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2007-12-14 00:36 |