The Pentagon will send Guantanamo detainees to other countries very soon
The Pentagon has notified the Congress of the United States that it intends to transfer a dozen detainees from the Guantanamo prison in Cuba at least two countries, said US official who declined to be named yesterday, in the latest move in the draft promoted by US President Barack Obama to close the plant permanently.
The first transport of prisoners should be done in the near future while the rest will gradually become the next few weeks, the official said.
Among the prisoners is and Tariq Nah beings, a Yemeni who has declared a hunger strike for some time, he added.
In prison in the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay are now about 91 prisoners.
Despite opposition members of Congress, Obama plans to close facilities before leaving the presidency in January 2017.
The Pentagon has notified the Congress of the United States that it intends to transfer a dozen detainees from the Guantanamo prison in Cuba at least two countries, said US official who declined to be named yesterday, in the latest move in the draft promoted by US President Barack Obama to close the plant permanently.
The first transport of prisoners should be done in the near future while the rest will gradually become the next few weeks, the official said.
Among the prisoners is and Tariq Nah beings, a Yemeni who has declared a hunger strike for some time, he added.
In prison in the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay are now about 91 prisoners.
Despite opposition members of Congress, Obama plans to close facilities before leaving the presidency in January 2017.
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