WASHINGTON, USA - Some 79 of the
149 prisoners still incarcerated at the US military base in Guantanamo
Bay, southern Cuba, have been approved for transfer after being assessed
as posing no security risk to the United States.
Most
of them were told as long ago as 2009 or 2010 that they would face no
charges and were now eligible to be either sent home or to a third host
nation. Yet they are still waiting.
After more
than a decade held without charge, dozens of Guantanamo detainees ought
to have sight of freedom, but hard-won deals for their release are
languishing awaiting a final Pentagon signature.
In recent months US officials
have nailed down deals which could see the fairly swift release of a
couple of dozen detainees from different countries, administration
sources confirmed to AFP, declining to go into any detail.
In
June, a senior official had predicted there would be "substantial
progress" this year towards President Barack Obama's avowed aim of
closing the costly and politically toxic operation.
But so far this year only one prisoner approved for release has been freed, and there is a growing sense of frustration.
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