Miami Herald
The Pentagon said Monday it delivered two prisoners to Serbia, ending their more than 14 years of detention without charges and wrapping up a weekend of releases that downsized the captive population to 76.
One, a Tajik known here as Umar Abdulayev, 37, had been cleared for release by both Bush and Obama administration review panels but resisted repatriation. In 2009 he announcedthrough his lawyer that he was so fearful of return that he’d rather spend the rest of his life on this remote base in southeast Cuba. ...
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July 18, 2016