Oman says receives 10 detainees released from Guantanamo

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Oman says receives 10 detainees released from Guantanamo
Guards stand on either side of a line-up of detainees at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. AP file

Dubai - Oman said it accepted the prisoners at Obama's request.

By Reuters/AP

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Published: Mon 16 Jan 2017, 10:00 AM

Last updated: Tue 17 Jan 2017, 8:36 AM

Oman says it has accepted 10 inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office.
Oman's Foreign Ministry made the announcement on Monday morning.
There was no immediate word from the Defense Department about the transfer.
Oman said it accepted the prisoners at Obama's request. It did not name the prisoners.

"To meet a request by the US government to assist in settling the issue of the detainees at Guantanamo, out of consideration of their humanitarian situation, 10 people released from that prison arrived in the Sultanate of Oman for a temporary residency," a foreign ministry statement said
Days earlier, authorities said 19 of the remaining 55 prisoners at the US military base in Cuba were cleared for release and could be freed in the final days of Obama's presidency.
It was part of an effort by Obama to shrink the prison since he couldn't close it.


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