Any decision to take in Guantanamo inmates will finally be approved by the governments of the respective EU member states that have been approached by the Obama Administration on the matter.. Photo by abc.net.auFrom ABC News:
This morning in Riyadh, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he spoke to Saudi Assistant Minister of the Interior Muhammed bin Nayaf about sending the roughly 100 Yemeni detainees currently in the detainee center at Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia to the Saudi government's rehabilitation program for jihadis.
Gates said he spoke to Nayaf last night about "our positive impression of the repatriation program, the rehabilitation, repatriation program in Saudi Arabia. I think they've probably done as good if not better job of that than almost anybody and explored the possibility of some of the Yemeni detainees coming through that system. I think the notion would be if it worked at all it would be those with strong Saudi family connections or strong connections to Saudi Arabia."
Detainees from Guantanamo were sent to the Saudi rehabilitation camp by President Bush, to mixed success.
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My Comment: This has been already tried .... and it's success has been mixed at best. President Obama's administration is looking for an easy way out .... but this is probably not the best way to go about it.
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