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15 Released from Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp

posted by martyb on Thursday August 18 2016, @12:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the gradually-getting-Gitmo-gone dept.

butthurt writes:

Al Jazeera and Fox News (Tor-friendly archived copy) report that fifteen captives have been released from the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. The prisoners, who were captured in Afghanistan and Yemen, are being transferred to the United Arab Emirates for settlement.

There remain 61 prisoners at the camp, of whom at least 19 have been cleared for release.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 18 2016, @11:52PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 18 2016, @11:52PM (#389796) Journal

    A combination of two things, I think. Republicans will be outraged if those prisoners are brought to the US, or if they are freed. That outrage will be translated into lost power for the democrats.

    That, and Obama has no stomach for the fight.

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