Three Detainees Sent to Saudi Arabia
EmailABC News has learned three more detainees were transported from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay on Friday.
Khalid Saad Mohammed, Abdalaziz Kareem Salim Al Noofayaee and Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair arrived in Saudi Arabia this evening.
Ten detainees have left Guantanamo this week as part of the administration’s efforts to close the detainee center. One was sent to New York to be tried for his role in the 1998 Embassy bombings. One was sent to Chad, one to Iraq, and four Uighurs were sent to Bermuda.
Of the nine who have been freed, five of them – the Uighurs and Mohammed El Gharani, transferred to his native Chad — were ordered released by judges citing lack of evidence against them.
Four were previously approved for released by the Bush administration, including Iraqi Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan and the three Saudis released today.
-jpt
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Seems like sending an alcoholic to BevMo for rehab…
Posted by: Parallax View | June 12, 2009, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm
That’s great news. It will be much more conveient for the terrorists to complete their training in Saudi Arabia, all while being treated like war heroes.
Posted by: paul | June 12, 2009, 6:47 pm 6:47 pm
I think it sounds like Passages of Malibu.
Posted by: MayBee | June 12, 2009, 6:55 pm 6:55 pm
Yeah, this should turn out great.
Posted by: Exurban Jon | June 12, 2009, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: WhereWasThePress? | June 12, 2009, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
Are we going to get these updates for every release now? Oddly, I missed the updates for the hundreds and hundreds of prisoners Bush released from his personal dungeon. But I guess the press feels sorry for the Republicans and wants to do all they can to enable their fear mongering.
Posted by: jhw539 | June 12, 2009, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
We don’t want solutions to any of our problems! No to Obama. No to Obama. No to Obama!
Posted by: Champion of the Right | June 12, 2009, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm
“What could possibly go wrong?”
From Slate (01/23/2009):
“After spending six years at Guantanamo Bay and passing through a Saudi rehabilitation program for religious extremists, Said Ali al-Shihri has emerged as a top leader of al-Qaida in Yemen. Al-Shihri is suspected of involvement in a 2007 bombing of the American Embassy in Sana, Yemen…”
“The Saudis claim that, since 2003, they have converted and released 1,400 participants; as of 2008, only 35 of them—or 2 percent—had been rearrested. Of the 121 or so prisoners repatriated from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, six have been rearrested. These are, of course, cases of known recidivism. The real numbers may be much higher.”
Obama couldn’t possibly be so naive and dedicated to his philosophy of appeasement that he would endanger us, right?
Since he’s an experienced community organizer, I’m sure we have nothing to worry about.
Posted by: Stacey | June 12, 2009, 10:24 pm 10:24 pm
Someone tell me this is a joke, unbelievable has this government gone mad
Posted by: SJ | June 13, 2009, 12:22 am 12:22 am
I think a good system would be a little parchment card. The soldier on the ground signs it, that he feels an apprehended individual should be given the choice of life in prison or death. The sergent and lt then take the prisoner, and his paperwork, and they decide if they want to sign the card and transfer the prisoner to the next level, or negotiate for his release. On it goes, on up the chain. Finally, at the very swift congress-sanctioned non-civilian court, one final level of civilian oversight is added before the prisoner chooses to stay or go.
Posted by: MarkLeavenworth | June 13, 2009, 1:36 am 1:36 am
Given a reasonable time-frame mandate from congress for the executive power to hold prisoners, say, less than two years, and less than so many weeks at each level…
Posted by: MarkLeavenworth | June 13, 2009, 1:42 am 1:42 am
Will the U.S. be accused of exporting subversion and terrorism…??
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | June 13, 2009, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm
Sometimes it is best to read the news first before giving your comments. It’s annoying when the comments (opinions) do not match what is the news article (historical facts).
*Four (4) were Previously approved for release by the Bush Republican Administration, including Iraqi Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan and the Three (3) Saudis who were released today.*
Posted by: mere | June 13, 2009, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm
If the favorite son (the President) is making the decisions why do we need to hear ever one unless he is putting them in our country. I really thought Congress asked him for a plan to close the prison. Looks like the need for another Hearing, sic,sic.
Posted by: William | June 15, 2009, 7:56 am 7:56 am
I fail to understand the logic of all this…but then, so does ABC.
Posted by: Robert Womack | November 15, 2009, 7:11 am 7:11 am