The Pentagon said it transferred 11 Yemeni detainees, including two former bodyguards for Osama Bin Laden, from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Oman, which has agreed to help re-settle them. The U.S. never charged the Yemeni detainees with crimes.
The move comes amid steps to reduce the population at the controversial U.S. military facility. Only 15 detainees remain at Guantánamo Bay’s detention facility, which the U.S. set up when the war on terror began after Sept. 11, 2001.
Of the 15 current detainees, only three are eligible for transfer. The Pentagon said three detainees are eligible for a periodic review and seven are involved in the military commissions process.
The U.S. convicted and sentenced two detainees.
In recent weeks, the Biden administration transferred four other detainees from Guantánamo, including one brought to the detention facility the day it opened in 2002. The U.S. never formally charged that person.
The move follows a recent decision by a military judge that sparked outrage. The judge ruled plea agreements with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and two other accused terrorists are valid and binding. Those deals take the death penalty off the table for the three men, who also remain at Guantánamo Bay.
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