Thursday, January 21, 2016

2 Released today.... and the sad story of the 3rd.

The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al Sawah from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Department of Defense also announced the transfer of Abd al-Aziz Abduh Abdallah Ali Al-Suwaydi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Montenegro.
 
Unfortunately the third man who was supposed to be released today  – Mohammed Ali Abdullah Bwazir of Yemen went into a panic following more than 14 years inprisoned at Guantanamo and did not get on the plane. "In recent days, Mr. Bwazir was “frightened” to leave the prison and go to a country where he has no family, his lawyer, John Chandler, said."

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