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Right On Time: Obama Releases 5 Gitmo Detainees to UAE
2015-11-16
[NYTimes] The Department of Defense announced on Sunday that it had transferred five lower-level Yemeni detainees from the GuantĂĄnamo Bay prison in Cuba to the United Arab Emirates. The United States had held each for nearly 14 years as wartime prisoners, and none had been charged with a crime.

The transfers reduced the detainee population at the prison to 107. As many as 17 other proposed transfers of lower-level detainees are in the bureaucratic pipeline, an official familiar with internal deliberations said.

The resettlement of the Yemeni detainees was the first of its kind to the United Arab Emirates, which had previously taken in just one former GuantĂĄnamo detainee, in 2008 ‐ its own citizen.
"and ISIL is contained"
Posted by:Frank G

#8  Bobby, he'll not only close it, he'll give it to the Cubans.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-11-16 16:46  

#7  By the end of the article, they referred to him as Mr Obama.

NYT Style Guide specifically prohibits referring to POTUS as "that feckless sumbitch".
Posted by: SteveS   2015-11-16 15:09  

#6  By the end of the article, they referred to him as Mr Obama..."Congress voted to tighten those standards as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which Mr. Obama is expected to sign this month."
Posted by: Flineting Hatrack3197   2015-11-16 15:03  

#5  107 - it's in the story
Posted by: Frank G   2015-11-16 10:50  

#4  He is speaking before the G-20 right now. He is a pathetic embarrassment and a very dangerous man.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-11-16 10:45  

#3  There just over 100 jihadis left at gitmo
Posted by: Airandee   2015-11-16 08:52  

#2  I'd say he's a traitor: putting campaign promises and Legacy™ ahead of American safety
Posted by: Frank G   2015-11-16 08:50  

#1  Any bets Champ closes Gitmo before he leaves office? How many are left, I wonder?

Do you suppose the NYT author has any idea that most Prisoners of War are not charged with crimes?

Or that they would care, if they did know?
Posted by: Bobby   2015-11-16 07:39  

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