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US announces transfer to Kuwait of Guantanamo detainee

Published: 08 Jan 2016 - 05:33 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 09:34 pm
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WASHINGTON: The Pentagon announced the repatriation of a Guantanamo Bay inmate to Kuwait on Friday, leaving 104 inmates at the U.S. naval prison in Cuba.

A U.S. intelligence review found that the detention of Faez Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kandari “does not remain necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States,” the Pentagon said in a statement. He will be transferred to the Kuwaiti government, it said.  

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu)

Reuters