UPI By Darryl Coote
With the repatriation of Ghassan Al Sharbi on Wednesday, only 31 detainees remain at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
A long-time Guantanamo Bay detainee alleged to have been an al-Qaida bomb maker has been repatriated to Saudi Arabia, Pentagon officials said, marking at least the fourth person to be released from the controversial Cuban detention facility this year.
The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that Ghassan Al Sharbi, 48, had been repatriated to his native country after a Periodic Review Board process early this month determined his continued law of war detention “was no longer necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States.”
The board had recommend his transfer subject to the implementation of security measures that include monitoring, travel restrictions and continued information sharing, it said.
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