11 GITMO Freed
US transfers 11 prisoners out of Guantánamo Bay
by Brad Dress
The U.S. on Monday transferred 11 prisoners out of Guantánamo Bay, the latest batch of inmates to leave the infamous facility in Cuba that once held around 780 detainees.
The 11 prisoners were Yemeni nationals, according to the Defense Department, and their transfer to the country of Oman brings the detainee population at the site down to just 15 people.
President Biden has continued the mission of the Obama administration to transfer prisoners out and wind down operations at the site that has become infamous for accusations of torture and abuse as the U.S. carried out the war on terrorism.
The Pentagon also announced a detainee transfer to Tunisia in December, but it’s unclear if Biden intends to bring down the population even further before he leaves office.
One detainee was released IAW an executive order signed by Obama in 2009. The others were authorized after a “…thorough, interagency review by career professionals who unanimously determined all detainees as transfer eligible consistent with the national security interests of the United States,” according to an unnamed Pentagon spox. I am filled with confidence in the also unnamed career professionals’ ability to resolve remaining the GITMO issues. I do question exactly whose interests are involved, and what those interests may be.
Category: Middle East, The Stupid is Strong
