US Transfers 2 Guantanamo Detainees to Sudan

The United States has sent two detainees who were held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility back to their native Sudan. The U.S. has sped up efforts to transfer detainees out of Guantanamo, roughly half of the remaining 158 detainees have been cleared of charges, but remain in custody. The Defense Department announced late Wednesday that Noor Uthman Muhammed and Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris have been transferred to the Sudanese government. They had been held at the base in Cuba for...

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