Obama Releases Gitmo Detainees

Posted by | November 22, 2014 08:02 | Filed under: Politics Top Stories


President Obama has released five Guantanamo detainees who it has been determined are no longer a threat.

The Department of Defense announced Thursday that three of the men were sent to Georgia and two to Slovakia for resettlement. The Pentagon identified the three now former prisoners resettled in Georgia as Abdel Ghaib Ahmad Hakim, Salah Mohammed Salih Al-Dhabi and Abdul Khaled Al-Baydani. The two sent to Slovakia were Hashim Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti and Husayn Salim Muhammad Al-Mutari Yafai.

Hakim was the first prisoner from Yemen to be released since 2010. Yemenis make up the majority of men cleared for release because the U.S. is reluctant to send prisoners to the unstable country.

The group was among dozens of low-level prisoners at Guantanamo who were determined to no longer pose a threat by an administration task force in 2009.

Their release brings the total prison population to 143, about 100 fewer than when President Barack Obama took office pledging to close the detention center.

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25 responses to Obama Releases Gitmo Detainees

  1. Carla Akins November 22nd, 2014 at 10:00

    Bout damn time, now how about the rest of them.

  2. Carla Akins November 22nd, 2014 at 11:00

    Bout damn time, now how about the rest of them.

  3. Dwendt44 November 22nd, 2014 at 12:05

    The Republicans refuse to let Obama close Gitmo and turn around and blame him for not closing Gitmo.

    • cecilia November 22nd, 2014 at 12:10

      it’s like pulling teeth with those f’ing republicans

    • Cosmic_Surfer November 22nd, 2014 at 22:37

      Not true – Obama has always had the ability to close Guantanamo in the same manner it was opened but he refused to do so. In fact, he actually institutionalized it and made illegal detention the law of the land )
      Bush may have gone psycho on creating the war crimes, Obama sanctified and institutionalized them. Obama fears the GOP and continues to play at “wanting them to do what is right for the country”. They never will and I don’t hold much hope that he ever will either.

  4. Dwendt44 November 22nd, 2014 at 13:05

    The Republicans refuse to let Obama close Gitmo and turn around and blame him for not closing Gitmo.

    • cecilia November 22nd, 2014 at 13:10

      it’s like pulling teeth with those f’ing republicans

    • Cosmic_Surfer November 22nd, 2014 at 23:37

      Not true – Obama has always had the ability to close Guantanamo in the same manner it was opened but he refused to do so. In fact, he actually institutionalized it and made illegal detention the law of the land )
      Bush may have gone psycho on creating the war crimes, Obama sanctified and institutionalized them. Obama fears the GOP and continues to play at “wanting them to do what is right for the country”. They never will and I don’t hold much hope that he ever will either.

  5. menunu November 22nd, 2014 at 14:18

    Yes! Let’s just open the gates and let those guys at GITMO free since the POTUS doesn’t want them there. Im sure they dont pose any risk to U.S. now that they have been in prison since around 9/11. Who wld be pissed abt that?

    Hey, maybe we cld have them go live in WH, since it’s such a concern for the POTUS and Eric Holder. It doesnt matter if they want to attack the U.S. or other western countries. It’s more important that we dont hurt their feelings, right?

    Yes, the important thing is that Mr. Obama fulfills his promise. To hell with those concerned about recidivism!!! This administration is pathetic, and could give a shit abt the citizens of this country. It’s very concerning to sane people. You would not understand…

    • Carla Akins November 22nd, 2014 at 15:23

      Under Bush: 600 Gitmo detainees were released including one suspected in the Benghazi attack. Regardless, all detainees have to be released by law. Exactly what do you think should happen to these men? If you had done any research you would know the majority of the remaining detainees have committed no crimes and are being held illegally. Being of middle eastern heritage is not a crime.

    • jasperjava November 22nd, 2014 at 16:38

      Cowards like you, afraid of your own shadow, think that you know better than the Defense department?

      We should hold people who pose no threat indefinitely just because you’re a Chickenshit coward hiding under the bed?

      Sick, pathetic weakling. You call yourself an American? Since when are Americans such pathetic little weasels? You make me want to puke.

      • Ferd November 22nd, 2014 at 17:55

        Learn how to communicate civilly, drop all the hatred, and your stomach problems will all disappear.

        • jasperjava November 22nd, 2014 at 20:57

          Right-wing fascists who would imprison people who pose no threat, just because of their unjustified fears, are cowards who are undeserving of civility.

          Thanks, however, for your concern for my digestive problems. If there were fewer of these disgusting right-wingers we would all be better off.

    • Cosmic_Surfer November 22nd, 2014 at 23:28

      Hey, poor l’il askeered boy. Your actual reality testing is highly questionable. Fact – GW Bush released 600 men from Guantanamo with a “recidivism” rate of exactly 0 (none of those released could have been recidivists since they weren’t anything but hostages sold to the US or in the wrong place at the wrong time in the 1st place – just US “national security” bullshit games). Anyone who acted out against the US was RADICALIZED (I love that word as much as I do your blatant Islamophobia) by the US – That’s exactly correct. Our abuse and torture took men who may have had issues with an imperialist nation destroying their lives and their families – kidnapped and sold like a slave, US “interrogators” raping their wives and babies (CIA and Blackwater with the help of a few well placed sadists who loved their jobs a little too much), murdering entire families for shits and giggles (Blackwater, a few Marines, some Army and every other psychopath we could slam into a uniform) and killing their livestock, poisoning their land, air and water (I just love the taste of DU in the morning) and a plethora of other obscenities – and turned them into bouncing baby freedom fighters aka “terrorists”
      The rest of the Bush 600 plus the Obama few just wanted to go home but most of Obama’s “relocated” sit in foreign lands or in prisons run by terrorist gov’ts but they are just “our” preferred terrorist governments (Algeria – ever heard of it?)

      There are 148 men still dying for YOUR humanity – to include a Brit, about 53 Yemenis, a few Kuwaitis, a couple of Saudis….
      66 have been cleared at least 2 times and some 3 – determined to be of no threat, never were a threat and more than likely did little more than get bought for $5000/head in US tax dollars.
      By the way – the cost to keep a man in Gitmo is now $2.7 million per prisoner a year (they are all political prisoners abused, denied basic human and civil rights and many still being tortured – We can talk about massive doses of Risperdol and the force feeding of hunger strikers)

      Now we can go to the fact that Gitmo even exists – a promise of closing black sites while keeping a few open (that is on Obama’s head as well as torture, abuse and just plain allowing the continuation of the denial of rights of habeas corpus, allowing commands to be as sadistically inhumane as ever and the continued acting out by PTSD’d guards on the men at Gitmo). Gitmo is one of the better selling points for anyone trying to flip a person against the US. There is a reason why this nation is considered the biggest threat to peace on the planet.
      But hey, you seem to relish in the fact that you are a war criminal by proxy just like every other American because all of our presidents and the Pentagon since Nixon,( with one exception – Carter) are bona fide war criminals
      Want to talk about Fallujah some time? WP and the burning of babies as well as slaughter of innocents running under a white flag..

      I can keep going but trolls don’t listen – they keep the crap they make up pushed in their ears to prevent reality from threatening their ignorant paradigm..

      Now dolly, You need to go to bed – Mommy says it is way past your bedtime – drink your warm bottle and please quit staining the sheets.

    • tracey marie November 27th, 2014 at 01:18

      bush released 520, one of them was Khatallah, the benghazi killer…oh dear, see what happens when you are so hyper partisan you miss facts and make yourself look foolish

  6. Carla Akins November 22nd, 2014 at 14:23

    Under Bush: 600 Gitmo detainees were released including one suspected in the Benghazi attack. Regardless, all detainees have to be released by law. Exactly what do you think should happen to these men? If you had done any research you would know the majority of the remaining detainees have committed no crimes and are being held illegally. Being of middle eastern heritage is not a crime.

  7. jasperjava November 22nd, 2014 at 15:38

    Cowards like you, afraid of your own shadow, think that you know better than the Defense department?

    We should hold people who pose no threat indefinitely just because you’re a Chickenshit coward hiding under the bed?

    Sick, pathetic weakling. You call yourself an American? Since when are Americans such pathetic little weasels? You make me want to puke.

    • Ferd November 22nd, 2014 at 16:55

      Learn how to communicate civilly, drop all the hatred, and your stomach problems will all disappear.

      • jasperjava November 22nd, 2014 at 19:57

        Right-wing fascists who would imprison people who pose no threat, just because of their unjustified fears, are cowards who are undeserving of civility.

        Thanks, however, for your concern for my digestive problems. If there were fewer of these disgusting right-wingers we would all be better off.

  8. Cosmic_Surfer November 22nd, 2014 at 22:28

    Hey, poor l’il askeered boy. Your actual reality testing is highly questionable. Fact – GW Bush released 600 men from Guantanamo with a “recidivism” rate of exactly 0 (none of those released could have been recidivists since they weren’t anything but hostages sold to the US or in the wrong place at the wrong time in the 1st place – just US “national security” bullshit games). Anyone who acted out against the US were RADICALIZED (I love that word as much as I do your blatant Islamophobia) by the US – That’s exactly correct. Our abuse and torture took men who may have had issues with an imperialist nation destroying their lives and their families – kidnapped and sold like a slave, US “interrogators” raping their wives and babies (CIA and Blackwater with the help of a few well placed sadists who loved their jobs a little too much), murdering entire families for shits and giggles (Blackwater, a few Marines, some Army and every other psychopath we could slam into a uniform) and killing their livestock, poisoning their land, air and water (I just love the taste of DU in the morning) and a plethora of other obscenities – and turned them into bouncing baby freedom fighters aka “terrorists”
    The rest of the Bush 600 plus the Obama few just wanted to go home but most of Obama’s “relocated” sit in foreign lands or in prisons run by terrorist gov’ts but they are just “our” preferred terrorist governments (Algeria – ever heard of it?)

    There are 148 men still dying for YOUR humanity – to include a Brit, about 53 Yemenis, a few Kuwaitis, a couple of Saudis….
    66 have been cleared at least 2 times and some 3 – determined to be of no threat, never were a threat and more than likely did little more than get bought for $5000/head in US tax dollars.
    By the way – the cost to keep a man in Gitmo is now $2.7 per prisoner a year (they are all political prisoners abused, denied basic human and civil rights and many still being tortured – We can talk about massive doses of Risperdol and the force feeding of hunger strikers)

    Now we can go to the fact that Gitmo even exists – a promise of closing black sites while keeping a few open (that is on Obama’s head as well as torture, abuse and just plain allowing the continuation of the denial of rights of habeas corpus, allowing commands to be as sadistically inhumane as ever and the continued acting out by PTSD’d guards on the men at Gitmo). Gitmo is one of the better selling points for anyone trying to flip a person against the US. There is a reason why this nation is considered the biggest threat to peace on the planet.
    But hey, you seem to relish in the fact that you are a war criminal by proxy just like every other American because all of our presidents and the Pentagon since Nixon,( with one exception – Carter) are bona fide war criminals
    Want to talk about Fallujah some time? WP and the burning of babies as well as slaughter of innocents running under a white flag..

    I can keep going but trolls don’t listen – they keep the crap they make up pushed in their ears to prevent reality from threatening their ignorant paradigm..

    Now dolly, You need to go to bed – Mommy says it is way past your bedtime – drink your warm bottle and please quit staining the sheets.

  9. Cosmic_Surfer November 22nd, 2014 at 22:44

    “U.S. is reluctant to send prisoners to the unstable country.”…. the UK? (Shaker Aamer)

  10. Cosmic_Surfer November 22nd, 2014 at 23:44

    “U.S. is reluctant to send prisoners to the unstable country.”…. the UK? (Shaker Aamer)

  11. tracey marie November 27th, 2014 at 00:18

    bush released 520, one of them was Khatallah, the benghazi killer…oh dear, see what happens when you are so hyper partisan you miss facts and make yourself look foolish

  12. Spark1845 November 28th, 2014 at 23:16

    Let’s all hope and pray that one of the detainees that ASSBAMA releases will NAIL him. PERIOD. Wouldn’t it be WONDERFUL?? PERIOD. Assbama is a PUNK.

  13. Spark1845 November 29th, 2014 at 00:16

    Let’s all hope and pray that one of the detainees that ASSBAMA releases will NAIL him. PERIOD. Wouldn’t it be WONDERFUL?? PERIOD. Assbama is a PUNK.

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