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US transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo, leaving only 15 in custody

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — The US has transferred eleven Yemeni prisoners to… Guantánamo Bay detention center to Oman, the Ministry of Defense announced in a press release on Monday.

None of the men were ever charged with crimes.

There are now only fifteen men 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 established after President George W. Bush war on terror” after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

Over the past month, the U.S. has carried out four transfers that have brought the number of detainees from 30 on December 16 to just 15 on January 6, in what appears to be an effort by the Biden administration to work toward its goal of reducing the number of detainees reduce. the population so that the facility can eventually be closed.

According to the Department of Defense, of the 15 detainees currently at Guantanamo Bay, three are eligible for transfer, and three are eligible to be considered for a Periodic Review Board to determine if they also qualify for transfer .

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Seven have been involved in the military commission process, including the September 11 case and the USS Cole bombing, and two prisoners have been convicted by military commissions.

Khalid Sheikh MohammedThe accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and two other suspects, are expected to plead guilty this month at hearings at Guantanamo Bay, and in return the death penalty will be taken off the table.

The Department of Defense said in its press release that 10 of the Yemeni detainees “have undergone a thorough interagency review by career professionals who unanimously determined that all detainees are eligible for transfer, consistent with the national security interests of the United States.”

The other, Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani, was eligible for transfer through a separate process under a different executive order.

The 11 detainees who have been repatriated are Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani, Uthman Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman, Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi, Khalid Ahmed Qassim, Suhayl Abdul Anam al Sharabi, Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah, Tawfiq Nasir Awad Al-Bihani , Omar Muhammad Ali al-Rammah, Sanad Ali Yislam Al Kazimi, Hassan Muhammad Ali Bib Attash, Sharqawi Abdu Ali Al Hajj and Abd Al-Salam Al-Hilah.

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In mid-September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed Congress that he planned to repatriate the eleven prisoners.

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