Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – America has transferred 11 Yemeni prisoners Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Oman, the Defense Department announced in a press release on Monday.
No one was ever charged with a crime.
There are now only 15 people in the detention center, the lowest number since the prison opened in 2002. The detention center, which is run by a joint task force led by the US military, was created after President George W. After the “War on Terror” 9/11 attack in 2001.
In the past month, the US has carried out four transfers, increasing the number of detainees from 30 on December 16 to just 15 on January 6, in what appears to be a push by the Biden administration to work toward its contraction goal . population so the facility may eventually be closed.
Now, according to the Defense Department, three of the 15 detainees currently remaining at Guantanamo Bay are eligible for transfer, and three are eligible to be considered for a periodic review board to determine whether they are also eligible for transfer. Are there or not?
Seven are involved in the process of military commissions, including the 9/11 case and the USS Cole bombing case, and two detainees have been convicted and sentenced by military commissions.
Khalid Sheikh MohammedThe accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and two other defendants are expected to plead guilty in a hearing at Guantanamo Bay this month, and in exchange, have the death penalty removed.
The Defense Department said in its release that 10 of the Yemeni detainees “underwent a thorough, interagency review by career professionals, who unanimously determined all detainees to be transfer eligible consistent with the national security interests of the United States.” “
Secondly, Tawfiq Nasser Awad al-Bihani was deemed eligible for transfer by a separate process under a separate executive order.
The 11 detainees who were repatriated include Tawfiq Nasser Awad al-Bihani, Osman Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Osman, Moath Hamzah Ahmed al-Alawi, Khalid Ahmed Qasim, Suhail Abdul Anam al Sharabi, Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah, Tawfiq Nasser Awad al- Bihani is included. , Omar Mohammed Ali al-Ramma, Sanad Ali Yislam al-Kazimi, Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Atash, Sharqawi Abdu Ali al-Hajj and Abd al-Salam al-Hilah.
In mid-September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed Congress that he intended to repatriate the 11 detainees.