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Pentagon Expected To Release More Detainees From Guantanamo

Posted on AllSides November 28th, 2014
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The U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is far from being closed — something President Obama promised to do in the first days of his administration. But people are being released.

Five Taliban prisoners were swapped in May for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Since the November midterm elections, there has been a new batch of transfers from Guantanamo, and more releases are in the works.

Seven low-level detainees have been moved from Guantanamo to other nations this month, bringing the number of inmates being held there down to 142....

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http://www.npr.org/2014/11/28/367122671/pentagon-expected-to-release-more-detainees-from-guantanamo

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