TerrorismDozens of Gitmo prisoners to be transferred to other countries in the next two weeks
The United States plans to move out a dozen inmates from Guantanamo Bay in the next few weeks, part of the final push by President Barack Obama to shut down the facility. Obama, since his election to the presidency, has said he wants to transfer the men to their home countries, or to maximum security prisons in the United States.
The United States plans to move out a dozen inmates from Guantanamo Bay in the next few weeks, part of the final push by President Barack Obama to shut down the facility. Obama, since his election to the presidency, has said he wants to transfer the men to their home countries, or to maximum security prisons in the United States.
The first transfer of prisoners out of the facility is likely to take place next week. The Department of Defense did not say what the destination of the prisoners will be.
The BBC reports that most of the ninety-one prisoners currently at Guantanamo have been held without charge or trial for more than a decade.
“I do not have a timeline on when particular detainees will be transferred from Guantanamo,” Commander Gary Ross, a Defense Department spokesman, said in a statement. “However, the administration is committed to reducing the detainee population and to closing the detention facility responsibly.”
