Detainee repatriated from Guantanamo Bay to Tunisia: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon announced Monday that detainee Ridah Bin Saleh Al-Yazidi was repatriated from Guantanamo Bay to Tunisia.
“Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi (ISN 038) was determined transfer-eligible by a rigorous interagency review process established by 2009 Executive Order 13492,” it said in a statement.
Al-Yazidi, 59, had been at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened on Jan. 11, 2002. He was accused of being an al-Qaeda operative.
Earlier this year, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin notified Congress of his intent to support this repatriation.
According to the statement, 26 detainees, 14 of which are eligible for transfer, remain at Guantanamo Bay, which is infamous for holding people in subhuman conditions and brutal investigative methods.
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