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More GITMO Detainees Released

Detainee Transfers Announced – Press Operations
DoD News Release No: NR-013-17 —– Jan. 17, 2017

The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of 10 detainees: Ghaleb
Nassar Al Bihani, Mustafa Abd al-Qawi Abd al-Aziz Al-Shamiri, Karim Bostam, Abdul
Sahir, Musab Omar Ali Al-Mudwani, Hail Aziz Ahmed Al-Maythali, Salman Yahya
Hassan Mohammad Rabei’i, Mohammed Al-Ansi, Muhammad Ahmad Said Haider,
and Walid Said bin Said Zaid from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the
government of Oman.

As directed by the president’s Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the interagency
Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of these cases.
As a result of those reviews, which examined a number of factors, including security
issues, Haider and Zaid were unanimously approved for transfer by the six
departments and agencies comprising the task force.

Periodic Review Boards consisting of representatives from the Departments of
Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and State; the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence determined that continued lawof war
detention of 8 of the 10:  Al Bihani, Al-Shamiri, Al-Ansi, Bostam, Sahir, Al-Mudwani,
Al-Maythali, and Rabei’i, does not remain necessary to protect against a continuing
significant threat to the security of the United States. As a result of those reviews,
which examined a number of factors, including security issues, Al Bihani, Al-Shamiri,
Al-Ansi, Bostam, Sahir, Al-Mudwani, Al-Maythali, and Rabei’i, were recommended for
transfer by consensus of the six departments and agencies comprising the Periodic
Review Board. The Periodic Review Board process was established by the president’s
March 7, 2011 Executive Order 13567.

Name                                                                          Date of Board final Determination
Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani                                                        May 15, 2014
Mustafa Abd al-Qawi Abd al-Aziz al-Shamiri                         Jan. 12, 2016
Karim Bostam                                                                        June 2, 2016
Abdul Sahir                                                                            July 11, 2016
Musab Omar Ali Al-Mudwani                                                 July 28, 2016
Hail Aziz Ahmed Al-Maythali                                                  Aug. 1, 2016
Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammad Rabei’i                          Dec. 1, 2016
Mohammed Al-Ansi                                                               Dec. 9, 2016

The United States is grateful to the government of Oman for its humanitarian gesture
and willingness to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay
detention facility. The United States coordinated with the government of Oman to
ensure these transfers took place consistent with appropriate security and humane
treatment measures.

Today, 45 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay.

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