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| Kuwaiti Detainee Repatriated from Guantanamo Bay |
| 2016-01-09 |
| [AnNahar] A Guantanamo Bay inmate has been transferred from the U.S. military prison back to his home country of Kuwait, the Pentagon announced Friday, bringing the prison's remaining population down to 104. "The Department of Defense announced today the repatriation of Faez Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the government of the state of Kuwait," the Pentagon said in a statement. The U.S. military and intelligence agencies had "determined continued law of war detention of al-Kandari does not remain necessary," and that al-Kandari was no longer considered a significant threat to U.S. security. According to his leaked prison file, published by the New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... , 40-year-old Al-Kandari was a "committed member" of al-Qaeda and was an influential religious figure for the group's fighters in Afghanistan. He was initially captured in December 2001, and sent to Guantanamo in May the following year. President Barack Obama The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person... pledged to shut Guantanamo when he took office in 2009, but his efforts have been repeatedly thwarted by Congress. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter last month approved the transfer of 17 low-risk detainees from Guantanamo, and two of these were released Wednesday. In all, 45 inmates have been approved for transfer and the Pentagon is trying to find countries to take them. Many are from Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and cannot go back there given the country's collapse into civil war. Generally, an inmate is subject to monitoring and rehabilitation once he arrives in a host country. Since 2002, a total of 779 detainees have been held at Guantanamo in connection with America's "war on terror." Inmates are kept without recourse to regular U.S. legal processes and some likely will die in prison without ever being convicted of a crime. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Oudah thanked the efforts of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and other authorities in securing the return of Kandari. No doubt OFA's bank account is grateful for the... efforts. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-01-09 23:48 |
| #2 He was met by a welcoming committee, according to An Nahar today: The last Kuwaiti prisoner in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison returned home Saturday to a family reception after 14 years of detention, the head of a detainee group said. Faez Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kandari became the last of 12 Kuwaitis held for long terms in the prison as the United States prepares to close the facility. "He looked tired but his morale was very high. He was welcomed at the airport by his father, two brothers and uncle," Khalid al-Oudah, head of the society of families of Kuwaiti prisoners in Guantanamo, who was also present, told Agence France Presse. Kandari was immediately taken to a military hospital for medical examination where dozens of relatives led by his mother were allowed to greet and talk to him freely, Oudah said. The former prisoner was brought back to the Gulf state aboard a private jet which flew from Guantanamo to the emirate via Casablanca, Morocco. Oudah said Kandari will remain in hospital for some time and only his close family members will be allowed to visit him. He will then be taken to a rehabilitation centre for more than six months after which prosecutors will interrogate him and decide whether to pursue legal action, Oudah said. Oudah thanked the efforts of Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and other authorities in securing the return of Kandari. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-09 22:06 |
| #1 Inmates are kept without recourse to regular U.S. legal processes and some likely will die in prison without ever being convicted of a crime. because they didn't commit a crime. They committed an act of war and should be wrung dry of info, then executed. Asshats |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-09 09:40 |