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Pentagon 'to transfer 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners'
Source: BBC
Pentagon 'to transfer 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners'
8 hours ago
The Pentagon plans the transfer of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees in the coming weeks - a move that would cut the US prison's population to 90, reports say.
US media quote officials as saying Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has already told Congress about the move.
It would reportedly be the largest number of detainee transfers in a single month since 2007.
(snip) a senior US defence official told the AFP news agency: "We found homes for the 17 [detainees]", adding that several countries had agreed to take them in.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35125274
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