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US Releases 7 SaudisSeven Saudis held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have arrived home after the US freed them. The official Saudi news agency SPA said Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz "expressed his appreciation at the level of co-operation with the US authorities, hoping that this step will pave the way to free all remaining Saudis soon". Anger over the treatment of Saudi detainees in Guantanamo has been high in Saudi Arabia. Two Saudis were among three prisoners who hanged themselves in June at the prison. The US Department of Defence said on December 14 that it had transferred 16 detainees from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia. About 50 of the nearly 400 detainees still held at the prison are believed to be Saudi. Saudi Arabia has freed many of the 45 prisoners who were repatriated last year, declaring their jail terms completed. Many of the men held at Guantanamo were captured in Afghanistan in the US-led war to oust the Taliban after the September 11 attacks. Nearly all are being held without charge. REUTERS Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationBooks of The Times: Wiseguys and Fall Guys, Welcome to Globalization...Chinese Officials Defend Dam... Republicans ready to denounce Barack Obama as ’new voice for old ideas’... Brazil: Tax Blow for Da Silva... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - US Releases 7 Saudis |
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