Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. Solar Energy News .




TERROR WARS
US sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Oman, Estonia
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2015


Estonia to monitor freed Guantanamo inmate
Tallinn (AFP) Jan 15, 2015 - A Guantanamo Bay prisoner released to Estonia as part of efforts to empty the controversial US military detention centre poses no "major threat" but will be monitored, the Estonian interior ministry said Thursday.

The man identified as Akhmed Abdul Qadir by the Pentagon arrived in Estonia on Wednesday and immediately applied for asylum, according to an Estonian government statement.

The 31-year-old Yemeni had been held for years at the US prison facility in Cuba without being convicted of any crime.

"This person has been proved to be appropriate for resettlement by many security services of the USA and therefore does not pose a major threat," Estonian interior ministry spokeswoman Karin Kase told AFP.

"At the same time, the person will be under greater attention."

Qadir left the US naval base along with four other inmates who were sent to Oman.

Their transfer leaves 122 inmates at the remote prison, which was set up under former president George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

US President Barack Obama has pledged to shut down Guantanamo, but his attempts have been partly hampered by Congress's refusal to allow any inmates to be transferred to US soil.

Qadir "arrived here of his own free will and he wishes to stay here," the Estonian government statement said, adding that the state would guarantee his smooth integration into society including through language study and social support services.

The United States has transferred five men from its Guantanamo Bay prison, the Pentagon said Wednesday, in a renewed push by President Barack Obama toward closing the controversial jail.

Four of the inmates were sent to Oman, while one was sent to Estonia, according to Pentagon statements.

Officials said "a comprehensive review" of the cases was conducted by several US agencies before the men were moved and that all were "unanimously approved for transfer".

The four men sent to Oman are Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammad Al Yafi, Fadel Hussein Saleh Hentif, Abd Al-Rahman Abdullah Au Shabati and Mohammed Ahmed Salam.

The final inmate, Akhmed Abdul Qadir, was transferred to Estonia.

The transfer of the five men leaves 122 inmates at the remote prison, which is located at a US naval base in southeastern Cuba.

It is the first prisoner transfer of the year, after a total 28 inmates were moved in 2014.

In December, six Guantanamo inmates were transferred to Uruguay in South America after spending 12 years in the prison without being charged.

- Uruguay took six -

Uruguay's leftist President Jose Mujica had announced in March that the South American country would take in the inmates on "humanitarian grounds", in a bid to help Obama fulfil his long-delayed promise to close the prison set up in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

One was Syrian national Jihad Diyab, 43, who had staged a hunger strike and requested a US court to order prison officials to stop force-feeding him.

The others were three other Syrians, a Palestinian and a Tunisian. All were in their 30s and 40s and among the first detainees sent to Guantanamo in 2002.

They had been cleared for release, but the US ruled they could not be sent to their home countries for security reasons.

A total of 779 prisoners have been held at Guantanamo in the nearly 13 years since the detention center was set up at the US naval base in the southeastern corner of Cuba.

Thwarted by Congress in his effort to close the prison, Obama has had to rely on a handful of countries that have agreed to accept detainees.

Uruguay is the first South American country to do so.

The prison was set up to hold alleged terror suspects after the September 11, 2001 attacks. But human rights groups have condemned the jail as a "legal black hole," where inmates languish for years without being tried in court.

Obama's envoy overseeing the release of Guantanamo inmates, Cliff Sloan, resigned in December after reportedly becoming frustrated at how long it took the Pentagon to approve transfers of detainees.


Thanks for being here;
We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once


credit card or paypal
SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5 Billed Monthly


paypal only


.


Related Links
The Long War - Doctrine and Application






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








TERROR WARS
IS claims beheading of Iraqi soldier
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 14, 2015
The Islamic State jihadist group beheaded an Iraqi soldier in Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad, according to a series of photos posted online on Wednesday. It is the latest in a long series of atrocities committed by IS, which has killed thousands of people in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria and frequently documents the murders in grisly images shared by its supporters. In o ... read more


TERROR WARS
Boeing, Embraer team for aviation biofuel

Algae.Tec Signs Agreement for Entry into Greater China

EPA wants cleaner wood-burning fires, new rules expected by February

Plant genetic advance could lead to more efficient conversion of plant biomass to biofuels

TERROR WARS
Vision system for household robots

NASA Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure

I, Tormentum

QinetiQ North America refurbishing, modernizing Talon robots used by the military

TERROR WARS
Offshore wind would boost jobs, energy more than oil: study

ConEd Development acquires wind farm on South Dakota ranch

295 MW German wind farm ready to go

Panama makes climate splash with wind energy

TERROR WARS
Congestion expected after Toyota green car orders soar

China taxi booking app raises $600 mn for expansion

Peugeot sales power ahead; China now biggest market

From Rovers to Self-Driving Cars

TERROR WARS
New superconducting hybrid crystals developed at Copenhagen

Chemist one step closer to a new generation of electric car battery

Compact batteries enhanced by spontaneous silver matrix formations

Aquion Energy to build microgrid battery system in Hawaii

TERROR WARS
President Xi confident of China's nuclear power future

Alarm Shuts Down Unit at India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

China to Start Building Five Nuclear Reactors in 2015

EDF says can extend life of French nuclear reactors by 20 years

TERROR WARS
Health, not money, inspires people to save power

The sound of chirping birds in the control center

Energy companies investing in one another

House vows to deliver on energy promises

TERROR WARS
New restoration focus for western dry forests

Gold mining devours S.American forest land: study

Salvaging the ecosystem after salvage logging

NASA Finds Good News on Forests and Carbon Dioxide




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.