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YEMEN
says it will co-ordinate the return of its detainees from Guantanamo
Bay with the United States. "We are going to make contact with US
authorities to prepare the repatriation of the Yemenis held at
Guantanamo," Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi ...
Yemen prepares for Guantanamo detainees
- AAP
- May 27, 2013
YEMEN says it will co-ordinate the return of its detainees from Guantanamo Bay with the United States.
"We are going to make contact with US authorities to prepare the
repatriation of the Yemenis held at Guantanamo," Foreign Minister Abu
Bakr al-Kurbi said on the defence ministry's website on Saturday.He said the Americans were expected to organise the transfer in groups.
In a move welcomed by Sanaa, US President Barack Obama pledged on Thursday to end a moratorium on sending Yemeni prisoners held at the US military base in Cuba to the Arabian peninsula.
Of the 86 cleared for release, 56 are from Yemen, where al-Qaeda has established a foothold.
Overall, a total of 84 Yemenis are currently held at the jail, making them the largest group by nationality.
Most were seized more than a decade ago.
Repatriations to Yemen were halted after a Nigerian man trained in Yemen tried to detonate explosives in his underwear on a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
The incident triggered fears returned detainees could join radical movements, as was the case with a number of Yemeni detainees allowed to return home before 2009.
Kurbi said his country has already prepared a program to reintegrate the detainees into Yemeni society.
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