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Yemen's Handling of ex-Gitmo prisoners
Posted: Nov 29, 2009
ADEN, YEMEN -- Two years ago, Mohsin al-Askari was released from his prison cell at Guantanamo Bay, but he has found neither freedom nor a new life in his homeland. Potential employers are afraid to hire him. At 28, he depends on his father for financial support, charities for medical care.
With each rejection, his frustration grows, as does the temptation to return to his old life of jihad.
"The government hasn't done anything to help me," said Askari, his voice filled with bitterness.
"Yemen's handling of former Guantanamo detainees and accused extremists in its own jails has raised fears that sending detainees back to this nation, the poorest in the Arab world, might only create more militants determined to attack America.
Disputes over the fates of 97 Yemeni detainees, roughly 40 percent of the current prison population at Guantanamo, are a key reason President Obama has given up on his promise to shut down the facility by January.
U.S. officials are also concerned about Yemen's lax supervision of accused terrorists. Many of those imprisoned for orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 American sailors in this coastal city, have escaped or been freed by Yemeni officials. The government has also refused to extradite two of the attack's alleged organizers to the United States to face murder charges. "
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That was a good article - just me/hmmm
[ In Reply To ..]This to me seems like a no-win situation. If you leave them in prison they become bitter and are more apt to do the suicide bombings, but if you let them go you run the same risk. I see why it is a hard choice to make. What I don't understand is if they haven't been tried yet why aren't they. Maybe what they should do is inject them with a tracking chip and send them back to their home country and maybe keep an eye on them that way. Unless they are going to put them on trial and determine whether they should be in prison the rest of their lives or executed I just can't see a real answer.
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