Posted on 11/05/2014 10:07:59 AM PST by Nachum
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner held for almost 13 years will be transferred to Kuwait, the Defense Department said on Wednesday. The Pentagon said in a statement that officials determined that Fouzi al Awda’s detention was no longer needed "to protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States."
“The United States is grateful to the Government of Kuwait for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility,” the Pentagon added. “The United States coordinated with the Government of Kuwait to ensure this transfer took place consistent with appropriate security and humane treatment measures.”
Pakistani militia captured Awda in November, 2001, and transferred him to U.S. control. The American government initially believed that he had been an al Qaeda associate and he’s been held at Guantanamo Bay since the prison opened in 2002. He’s never been charged with a specific crime.
Recently, the government’s assessment of Awda changed. An updated detainee profile says that “we lack confidence in statements from other detainees that [Awda] was closely associated with Usama bin Ladin or belonged to an al-Qa’ida cell in London,” using alternate spellings for both the deceased terrorist leader and his group.
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