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To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (5067)	2/25/2007 11:17:54 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Seven Guantanamo prisoners returned to Saudi Arabia Thursday, February 22, 2007 turkishdailynews.com.tr RIYADH - Reuters Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that seven Saudis held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay had arrived home after the United States freed them. The official Saudi news agency SPA said Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz “expressed his appreciation at the level of cooperation with the U.S. authorities, hoping that this step will pave the way to free all remaining Saudis soon.” Saudi public anger over the treatment of Saudi detainees in Guantanamo has been high in the Gulf Arab state, a key U.S. ally. Two Saudis were among three prisoners who hanged themselves in June at the prison. The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Dec. 14 that it had transferred 16 detainees from the controversial prison in Cuba to Saudi Arabia. Around 50 of the nearly 400 detainees still held at the facility are thought to be Saudi. Saudi Arabia has freed many of the 45 prisoners who were repatriated last year for having ended their jail terms. Many of the men held at Guantanamo were captured in Afghanistan in the U.S.-led war to oust the Taliban after the Sept. 11 attacks. Many have been held for years and nearly all are being held without charge. Most of the 19 suicide hijackers who carried out the attacks on U.S. cities in 2001 were Saudis. Washington has designated Guantanamo prisoners “enemy combatants,” denying them the prisoner of war status that would guarantee then certain rights under international law.