U.S. sends four Guantanamo prisoners home to Afghanistan

[hue]

Source: REUTERS

(Reuters) - Four Afghans held for over a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent home to Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Saturday, the latest step in a slow-moving push by the Obama administration to close the facility.

The men were flown to Kabul overnight aboard a U.S. military plane and released to Afghan authorities, the first such transfer of its kind to the war-torn country since 2009, according to a U.S. official.

Obama promised to shut the internationally condemned prison when he took office nearly six years ago, citing the damage it inflicted on America's image around the world. But he has been unable to do so, partly because of obstacles posed by the U.S. Congress.

With a recent trickle of releases, including the transfer of six prisoners to Uruguay earlier this month, Guantanamo’s detainee population has been gradually whittled down to 132.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/20/us-usa-guantanamo-afghanistan-idUSKBN0JY0FL20141220

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Here comes another President Obama accomplishment...

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Kidnapped, tortured, imprisoned for a decade without charges. America rocks!

[C Moon]

2. Losing 10 years of your life. Wow.

[Judi Lynn]

3. The U.S. even acknowledges these people are not threats.

From the O.P. article:

All four men – identified as Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani and Mohammed Zahir – were originally detained on suspicion of being members of the Taliban or affiliated groups.

But a second U.S. official said: "Most if not all of these accusations have been discarded and each of these individuals at worst could be described as low-level, if even that."

Horrifying.

About time they were allowed to go home.

Thank you, hue.

[Lenomsky]

4. Economy. economy+, business or 1st class?

I'm just curious

[Lenomsky]

5. Bound and gagged CLASS?

[hue]

6. This & below isn't a demonstration of curiosity. It demonstrates you're a sociopath at the least.