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Local Editor, 6-1-2010
The Obama administration has taken the decision to halt guantamo detainee transfers to Yemen, as the nation of 23 million people is mired in chaos, saying that Any additional transfers to Yemen is not a good idea.
The Obama administration has taken the decision to halt guantamo detainee transfers to Yemen, as the nation of 23 million people is mired in chaos, saying that Any additional transfers to Yemen is not a good idea.
According to sources, 21 detainees at the base in Cuba have been released to Yemen. But the decision to halt the transfer of more of the remaining 91 Yemenis -about half the prison's detainees- could complicate Obama's efforts to close the prison.
Obama's decision shows that the failed attack on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit is having a direct effect on a key objective of his presidency.
