US releases Saudi Guantanamo detainee after 21 years

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So was he a genuine terrorist or just another one out of many innocent people send to Guantanamo and later released without any conviction?

You can decide:

"Caught in Faisalabad by Pakistani authorities, and transferred to US custody based on the evidence developed by them.

Evaluated and charges dropped by due process. (He was "just a bomb-maker" and not a "leader or facilitator", mind you.)

So why keep him after 2008? Because even his own country did not want him back (and obviously no other country either).

Now:

“On September 21, 2022, Secretary of Defence Austin notified Congress of his intent to repatriate Ghassan Al Sharbi to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and, in consultation with our partners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we completed the requirements for responsible transfer”, the Department of Defence said in a statement late on Wednesday."

Finally, they agreed to take back their own citizen."






Obviously, one thread was not enough for the Merry Menagerie of Malicious Morons:

US releases Saudi Guantanamo detainee after 21 years

The United States on Wednesday announced the release from the Guantanamo military prison of a Saudi engineer seized over two decades ago as a suspect in the September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks but never charged. Ghassan Al Sharbi, 48, was detained in Faisalabad, Pakistan with an Al-Qaeda...

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