US denies release of Gitmo prisoner

March 13th, 2014

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

A US review panel on Wednesday refused to release a Yemeni inmate, who has spent the past 12 years in detention at the notorious US-run Guantanamo prison in Cuba.

Abdel Malik al-Rahabi was the second Guantanamo prisoner to appear before a board re-evaluating the cases of about 40 inmates previously deemed too dangerous to be released.

The board, consisting of representatives from a half-dozen US national security agencies, found that al-Rahabi’s continued indefinite detention was necessary to “protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States.”

The 34 year-old man is too dangerous to return to his country because of his “significant ties” to al-Qaeda and “susceptibility to re-engagement,” according to the panel.

The representatives of US intelligence community said they would take a second look at al-Rahabi’s file in six months.

In 2011, President Barack Obama issued an order establishing the review board, but it was delayed by obstacles imposed by Congress.

David Remes, a lawyer representing al-Rahabi said the panel’s fears amounted to “guilt by association,” contending that there was “no real basis for concluding that he would be any kind of threat to the United States if he is returned to his family in Yemen.”

More than 150 detainees are held at the prison. The first detainees were brought there 12 years ago after being captured during America’s so-called War on Terror.

In January, Amnesty International condemned the US for its continued operation of Guantanamo. It said the torture of detainees at the prison is a prime example of America’s double standard on human rights.

Obama has refused to shut down Guantanamo as he had promised in 2009 when he first came to office.

AHT/ARA

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