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DonViejo

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Mon Dec 16, 2013, 09:35 AM Dec 2013

Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia

Source: Raw Story/Agence France-Presse



By Agence France-Presse
Monday, December 16, 2013 7:29 EST

The US Defense Department announced Monday the transfer of two Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number of inmates remaining at the US prison in Cuba to 160.

After a “comprehensive review” of their cases, Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and Hamood Abdulla Hamood were “designated for transfer by consensus of the six departments and agencies comprising the task force.”

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