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Brit Resident to Be Released From Gitmo

Four others the UK wants freed are 'still significant threat,' says US

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Aug 10, 2007 5:07 AM CDT
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(Newser) – One of five British residents has been cleared for release from Guantanamo, the US announced, following demands from authorities in London that all the prisoners be freed. The man, whose name and nationality were not disclosed, won't be returned to his homeland because of concerns he would be mistreated there, according to a US spokeswoman.

None of the men are British citizens, but lived in Britain legally before their detention. The remaining detainees are "still considered to be of significant threat," said the spokeswoman. Detailed files on each of the prisoners with information on suspected links to terrorism will be handed over to British authorities.

FILE ** A shackled detainee is taken down from a vehicle as he is transported to an interview with U.S. officials, within Camp Delta detention center, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this Dec. 6, 2006, file photo. Twice a day at the U.S. military prison...
FILE ** A shackled detainee is taken down from a vehicle as he is transported to an interview with U.S. officials, within Camp Delta detention center, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this Dec....   (Associated Press)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with the media after talking to local farmers at the Regional Disease Control Center in Reigate, England, after the outbreak of Foot and Mouth in the county Monday Aug. 6, 2007. British officials were attempting to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease Monday and...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with the media after talking to local farmers at the Regional Disease Control Center in Reigate, England, after the outbreak of Foot and Mouth in the county...   (Associated Press)
FILE ** A Guantanamo detainee sits alone inside a fenced area during his daily outside period, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, detainees Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed, who have refused to eat for nearly...
FILE ** A Guantanamo detainee sits alone inside a fenced area during his daily outside period, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, detainees Abdul Rahman...   (Associated Press)
US troopers walk on a road as the sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this Dec. 7, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official. The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo...
US troopers walk on a road as the sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this Dec. 7, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official....   (Associated Press)
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