The Biden administration transferred 11 Yemeni detainees, including two former Osama bin Laden bodyguards, from Guantánamo Bay to Oman. This move is part of ongoing efforts to reduce the detainee population at the controversial facility.
President Joe Biden's administration on Monday announced the transfer of 11 Yemen i detainees being held at a United States naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to Oman . The detainees include two former bodyguards for Osama bin Laden. Fox News reports that Oman had agreed to help re-settle them amid steps to reduce the population at the controversial military facility.
According to the report, which cited the New York Times, all of the men were captured in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks and were held for more than two decades without being charged or put on trial. 'The United States appreciates the willingness of the government of Oman and other partners to support ongoing U.S. efforts focused on responsibly reducing the detainee population and ultimately closing the Guantanamo Bay facility,' the Defense Department said in a statement. It was reported that the transfer was carried out as part of an early-morning secret operation on Monday. The move had been in the works for about three years after an initial plan to conduct the transfer in October 2023 faced opposition from congressional lawmakers. The release now leaves the total number of men detained at Guantanamo to just 15, with six never-charged men still being held, two convicted and sentenced inmates, and seven others charged with the 2001 attacks, the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, and 2002 bombings in Bali. Most of those at Guantanamo, according to the report, are from Yemen, a country ravaged by war and now dominated by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels
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