WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no intention of withdrawing from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite the sudden shift in U.S.-Cuban relations. “There is no impact to Guantanamo from the changes announced today,” the National Security Council spokeswoman, Bernadette Meehan, said Wednesday evening. Hours earlier, at the U.S. outpost in southeast Cuba,…
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U.S. Department of Defense photo by Kathleen T. Rhem, American Forces Press Service.
The U.S. military released to Saudi Arabia this week a captive who was held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for a dozen years, was never charged with a crime but was categorized for a time as a “forever prisoner.” A Saudi plane fetched Muhammed Zahrani, 45, on Friday, reducing the detainee population at… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 22nd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Obama, Obama Administration, War on terror | Tags: Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Muhammed Zahrani, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, War on terror | 1 Comment »
