Two Guantanamo detainees sent to serve their sentence in Bosnia and Montenegro
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Two Guantanamo detainees sent to serve their sentence in Bosnia and Montenegro
The Pentagon on Thursday announced the transfer of two prisoners from Guantanamo military prison, resulting in the number of prisoners held there was reduced to 91 people.
Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Savah was sent to Bosnia, while Abd al-Aziz Ali Abdallah Abdo Al-Suaidi was transferred to Montenegro.
According to the leakage of information about the personal affairs of prisoners, Savah is a citizen of Egypt and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Al-Suaidi is a subject of Yemen.
The transfer of prisoners is another step in the Obama administration's administration to close the base. About 780 prisoners were held there since its opening, which took place in January 2002.
"The United States is grateful to the Government of Montenegro for its humanitarian gesture and for its willingness to support our efforts to close the Guantanamo prison," the Pentagon spokesman said in a statement.
"The United States agreed with the government of Montenegro on the conditions of the forthcoming transfer, so that all the necessary measures to ensure proper security and humane treatment are taken."
The statement does not contain more details, but some Guantanamo detainees may be released on condition that they undergo a rehabilitation or reintegration program and the government will be able to make sure that they no longer threaten US security interests.
41-year-old Al-Suaidi, judging by his personal case, was a member of Al-Qaeda and acted as an instructor in explosives. He was captured in Pakistan in February 2002.
The 58-year-old Savah was captured in December 2001. He was first considered as a candidate for release in 2007.
He allegedly admitted that he was a member of Al-Qaeda and took part in the development of explosives for the grouping of jihad, including magnetic mines for use against American ships and prototypes of bombs laid in shoes.
Of the remaining 91 prisoners of Guantanamo, 34 were approved for transfer. The remaining persons are in indefinite detention.
The plans of the US president include the transfer of all prisoners to federal facilities located in the United States. In order to implement these plans, an appeal was sent to the Pentagon to prepare a program for Guantanamo North, which would close the Cuban prison.
However, due to all sorts of delays, bureaucratic obstacles, including political opposition, it is increasingly likely that the Guantánamo Bay closure project will not be implemented until the end of his presidential term.
Many prisoners are still there without a court decision, and some, probably, will die in prison without being charged with the crime.
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