[Vision2020] Detainee Transfer Announced

[Tom Hansen]

>From the Department of Defense at:
 
http://tinyurl.com/688bej

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Detainee Transfer Announced

The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of two detainees 
from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Algeria. These detainees were determined to 
be eligible for transfer following a comprehensive series of review 
processes. 
 
The transfer is a demonstration of the United States’ desire not to hold 
detainees any longer than necessary.  It also underscores the processes 
put in place to assess each individual and make a determination about 
their detention while hostilities are ongoing – an unprecedented step in 
the history of warfare.
 
The Department of Defense has determined – through its comprehensive 
review processes - that more than 65 detainees at Guantanamo are eligible 
for transfer or release.   Departure of these detainees is subject to 
ongoing discussions between the United States and other nations. 
 
Since 2002, more than 500 detainees have departed Guantanamo for other 
countries including Albania, Algeria, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, 
Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, 
Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, 
Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uganda, United 
Kingdom and Yemen. 
 
There are approximately 265 detainees currently at Guantanamo. 

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Seeya at Friendship Square at 12:00 noon on Friday, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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