#US transfers #Guantanamo detainee to #Algeria
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The Pentagon said Thursday it had transferred an inmate from the Guantanamo prison back home to Algeria against his will, after holding him at the facility for 12 years without a trial. The move brought the number of detainees to 154 in the controversial detention camp at a US naval base in southeast Cuba. Ahmed Belbacha, 44, was cleared for transfer by a task force created to review inmates’ cases by a 2009 executive order, the Pentagon said in a statement. The task force “conducted a comprehensive review of this case,” taking into security concerns, it said. read more
