The Obama administration releases five more Gitmo inmates and they are all from Yemen. Of course we can’t send them to Yemen, so where do we send them? Four were sent to Omar which BORDERS Yemen. You think they aren’t going to find their way back to Yemen tomorrow?
The other was sent to Estonia.
NY DAILY NEWS – Five Yemeni inmates were freed from Guantanamo Bay prison at least six years after they were cleared for release, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
After more than a dozen years in captivity, the men, all in their 30s and 40s, were released for resettlement. Four men were sent to Oman, a sultanate on the Arabian Peninsula, and one to Estonia, an Eastern European country, the Pentagon said.
Authorities approved the release of the men, captured in Pakistan as suspected al-Qaeda fighters, in 2009 or earlier. But they did not want to send the men back to Yemen, where the government is battling an Al Qaeda insurgency, and struggled to find a country that would accept them.
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“We are committed to closing the detention facility. That’s our goal and we are working toward that goal,” said Ian Moss, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department on Guantanamo issues.
This is the problem. This isn’t about releasing terrorists, it’s about closing Gitmo. So what’s the solution? Release the terrorists! I’m surprised they don’t just open the doors and let them all out.
Walid Shoebat identifies the five that were released and why they were in Gitmo in the first place:
- Khadr al Yafi, 44, held as detainee 034. He got to Guantánamo on Jan. 16, 2002 and, like many Yemenis there was considered at one point to be a possible Osama bin Laden bodyguard. But by April 2007, a prison camp assessment approved his release.
- Abd al Rahman Abdullah Abu Shabati, 32, held as detainee 224. He got to Guantanamo Feb. 9, 2002. The detention center recommended the Defense Department release him by January 2007
- Fadil Husayn Salih Hintif, in his 30s or 40s, was held as detainee 259. He was approved for release by January 2007. He got to Guantánamo on April 26, 2002 where, according to prison records, military intelligence considered him a potential threat because the model of Casio watch he wore was used in improvised explosive devices.
- Mohammed al Khatib, 34, held as detainee 689, was approved for release in 2009 by an Obama administration national security task force. He got to Guantánamo June 19, 2002 and also wore a Casio watch. Pakistani security forces captured him in Faisalabad, Pakistan, according to his prisoner profile, in a raid that swept up a prized CIA captive called Abu Zubaydah. Guantánamo intelligence analysts at one point considered capture that day a threat indicator, too, although many of the men sent to Guantánamo from the Faisalabad raid have since been freed.
- Qader, 31, held as prisoner 690 went to Estonia. Among the youngest of Guantánamo’s detainees, he arrived at age 18 on June 19, 2002 and was likewise captured in the Faisalabad raids, according to his prison profile provided to McClatchy newspapers from the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.