ADDING to post no. 187:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121800898.html
“Six Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be repatriated”
By Peter Finn, Sudarsan Raghavan and Julie Tate
Friday, December 18, 2009; 5:04 AM
SNIPPET: “The Obama administration is planning to repatriate six Yemenis held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a transfer that could be a prelude to the release of dozens more detainees to Yemen, according to sources with independent knowledge of the matter.
The release is a significant first step toward dealing with the largest group of detainees at the prison — there are currently 97 Yemenis there — and toward meeting President Obama’s goal of closing the facility.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411220/posts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004574599963075871306.html
“Guantanamo North, and East
Al Qaeda detainees move to Illinois and Yemen.”
(December 19, 2009)
SNIPPET: “President Obama’s scramble to close Guantanamo is picking up speed as his arbitrary one-year deadline approaches, with Yemen and Illinois as the latest detainee destinations. Neither decision will enhance U.S. security.
The government of Yemen announced yesterday that it will take six detainees, and more could follow if this transfer goes smoothly. Yemenis account for 97 of the 210 men still left at Gitmo, and 34 have been cleared for release. The problem is that Yemen is emerging as one of the world’s sanctuaries for al Qaeda, and its government has essentially run a nonaggression pact with the terrorists.”