The Pentagon has issued a statement today confirming the release of five detainees from Guantanamo Bay, bringing the number of detainees released this year to 28.
The five detainees were sent to Kazakhstan. Three of them were reportedly Yemenis, with the other two Tunisians, and all had been approved for release after a dozen years in detention without charges.
127 detainees remain on Guantanamo Bay, with around half of them cleared for release, but being held indefinitely as officials try to find some nation or other to foist them off on.
Though administration officials continue to insist that President Obama intends to close the facility, there is no indication it will actually happen, and the bulk of remaining detainees are not expected to ever be released.
Hurry the releases already.
…must confess… I'm not quite as interested in releases as I am in putting Feith in there… I'm certain he'll have fascinating stories to tell when asked 'where djou put the bomb' for the rest of his life.
Yes, let them go. But surely the tormenters require replacements?
If all inmates at Gitmo are declared released and harmless, would not our War on Terrorism be declared by the world to be worthless?
One would hope it'd be taken as the indicator that it is. But that's probably the reason it happens gradually and without a lot of JMSM commentary apart from that from masters at the art of missing the point..
Is this to make benefit the glorious nation of Kazakhstan? Borat must be really happy over this one.