Three Yemenis and two Tunisians were released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba last night and are headed to Kazakhstan for resettlement:
President Obama releases 5 more Guantanamo Bay prisoners, sends them to Kazakhstan: http://t.co/4CsrEIu4fQ pic.twitter.com/wHPq4tf92L
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) December 31, 2014
5 prisoners released from #Guantánamo to Kazakhstan – 28 this year, most since 2009. Another 127 still there. http://t.co/gXmXFPpXf3
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) December 31, 2014
While you slept: Kazakhstan took in 5 #Guantanamo captives. None was ever charged, one was cleared to go in 2004. http://t.co/oOxwRNuAUf
— Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) December 31, 2014
Pentagon announces transfer of 5 Gitmo detainees to Kazakhstan. DOD says transfers unanimously approved Guantanamo Review Task Force.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 31, 2014
Transfers reduce number of detainees at Gitmo to 127, says Pentagon. Pres Obama remains determined to shut down the facility.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 31, 2014
You can’t say we weren’t warned:
https://twitter.com/mikemerc57/status/546342817325670400
Pres Obama says he'll look for a way around Congressional restrictions on transferring remaining detainees out of Gitmo.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 19, 2014
And more releases are on the way:
Nearly 30 prisoners have been resettled in third countries this year as part of President Obama’s renewed push to close the detention center despite opposition from Congress.
That’s the largest number since 2009, the Reuters news agency points out. It quotes a senior U.S. official as saying the pace would continue, with more transfers expected in coming weeks.
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