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U.S. to transfer al Qaeda suspect from Guantanamo to Kuwait
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Jan 8, 2016 12:28pm EST
U.S. to transfer al Qaeda suspect from Guantanamo to Kuwait
WASHINGTON | BY DOINA CHIACU AND IDREES ALI
The United States released a suspected al Qaeda propagandist to the government of Kuwait on Friday, leaving 104 inmates at the U.S. naval prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Defense Department announced the repatriation of Faez Mohammed Ahmed al Kandari, a Kuwaiti who had been held at Guantanamo for 13 years, in a statement. It said his detention "does not remain necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States."
Kandari, 38, was suspected of being a propagandist and also may have served as "spiritual adviser" to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to a U.S. Department of Defense profile.
Kandari's lawyer, Eric Lewis of the Washington firm Lewis Baach PLLC, said Kandari was transferred on Friday to Kuwait, where he will undergo a medical examination and be put into a rehabilitation program to help him reintegrate into society.
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U.S. to transfer al Qaeda suspect from Guantanamo to Kuwait
WASHINGTON | BY DOINA CHIACU AND IDREES ALI
The United States released a suspected al Qaeda propagandist to the government of Kuwait on Friday, leaving 104 inmates at the U.S. naval prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Defense Department announced the repatriation of Faez Mohammed Ahmed al Kandari, a Kuwaiti who had been held at Guantanamo for 13 years, in a statement. It said his detention "does not remain necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States."
Kandari, 38, was suspected of being a propagandist and also may have served as "spiritual adviser" to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to a U.S. Department of Defense profile.
Kandari's lawyer, Eric Lewis of the Washington firm Lewis Baach PLLC, said Kandari was transferred on Friday to Kuwait, where he will undergo a medical examination and be put into a rehabilitation program to help him reintegrate into society.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guantanamo-kuwait-idUSKBN0UM1M820160108