Detainee Transfer Announced
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. NR-047-13
December 05, 2013
The Department of Defense announced on Dec. 5 the transfer of Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane and Bensayah Belkecem from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Algeria.
As directed by the president's Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of these cases. As a result of that review, which examined a number of factors, including security issues, these men were designated for transfer by consensus of the six departments and agencies comprising the task force. In accordance with congressionally-mandated reporting requirements, the administration informed Congress of its intent to transfer these individuals.
The United States is grateful to the Government of Algeria for its willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. [Yeah, emphasis mine]...The United States coordinated with the Government of Algeria to ensure these transfers took place with appropriate security and humane treatment assurances.
Today, 162 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.
Note that there is NO mention of these two returning to the frontlines of the Global War On Terror..We all know this will happen.
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