Posted on 09/22/2015 4:16:59 PM PDT by keat
The United States said on Tuesday it had transferred Abdul Shalabi, a longtime hunger striker at the Guantanamo Bay prison and described as a bodyguard for former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to his home country of Saudi Arabia.
His departure after more than 13-1/2 years at the Guantanamo facility leaves 114 detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, the Pentagon said in a statement.
The U.S. Defense Department has described the 39-year-old Shalabi as a member of al Qaeda and a longtime bodyguard for bin Laden, who received "specialized close combat training for his role as a suicide operative in an aborted component" of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Shalabi was transferred "to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," the Pentagon said, marking the second detainee departure from Guantanamo in less than a week. The Pentagon last Thursday said Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, a Moroccan detainee held since 2002, had been returned to his home country.
"The United States is grateful to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility," the Pentagon said.
It said the United States coordinated with Saudi Arabia "to ensure this transfer took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures."
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Why were he and Hasan not shot?
Same reason the US arms al Qaeda.
And how long before his Saudi friends let him go? I imagine the time frame is measured in seconds.
Hunger strikes will become all the rage at Guantanamo. Did Congress have ANY say in this transfer or did 0bamadullah violate federal law AGAIN and ignore them?
Saudis supported the Wahhabi sect Sunnis that killed 3000 on our soil. Osama was from the house of saud!! This is a treasonous release to the enemy head quarters!! OUTRAGEOUS TREASON!!!
If Obama would kick this one loose, he'll kick anyone loose. Wonder if he got a farewell BJ in the Oval Office before shipping off.
So IOW they let him go.
“TRANFERRED”, past tense as in “TOO LATE, CONGRESS.. HA HA HA.”
There isn’t enough paper in the world to write down all of this administration’s acts of treason.
Normalizing relations with Cuba was the last bit of strategery he had left to fulfill his first promise to his constituents.
The Guantanamo scum will be given to Raul along with the Base next year, about this time.
Think I’ll go back and finish up Season 2 of the Twilight Zone, Sterling’s easier on the Mind.
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