Saturday, September 22, 2012

Voice of America: US Names 55 Guantanamo Detainees Cleared for Release

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
US Names 55 Guantanamo Detainees Cleared for Release
Sep 22nd 2012, 17:48

The list represents about a third of the 167 terrorist suspects still in detention at Guantanamo more than 11 years after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Many of the men are from Yemen, where President Barack Obama suspended repatriations in 2010 because of U.S. concerns that prisoners could become involved with al-Qaida militants based there. Friday's release marks a reversal of the Obama administration's 2009 decision to keep the names of cleared detainees ...

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