Pentagon reveals 'indefinite detainees' list
WASHINGTON: June 17, 2013 The Pentagon released Monday the names of
Guantanamo Bay's 46 "indefinite detainees," terror suspects considered
too dangerous to transfer from the prison and who cannot be tried in
court.
The 15-page list, unveiling details about the prisoners for the first
time, was released to The New York Times and The Miami Herald in
response to freedom of information requests.
It also included the names of all 166 detainees who remain at the US
military jail in southeastern Cuba.
The men designated for indefinite detention include 26 Yemenis, 12
Afghans, three Saudis, two Kuwaitis, two Libyans, a Kenyan, a Moroccan
and a Somali.
Two of those men, both Afghans, have died. One committed suicide and
the other died of a heart attack.
The captives' status is one of the most controversial aspects of the
notorious prison camp.
US official say that because the men were subjected to harsh
interrogation techniques, such as the simulated drowning technique known
as waterboarding, denounced as torture, they cannot be prosecuted
because the evidence against them is tainted cannot be admitted in
court.
In 2009, a multi-agency task force sorted through the detainees'
records as it sought to fulfill President Barack Obama's promise to
shutter Guantanamo.
The task force announced in January 2010 that it had classified 48 of
the detainees as ineligible trial because there was insufficient
evidence against them or because the evidence was inadmissible. But it
had never released the names of the indefinite detainees.
AFP
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