16 Guantanamo returnees detained
From Times Wire Reports
Sixteen Saudis from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrived home and were immediately detained by authorities investigating possible terrorist connections, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
A total of 77 Saudis have now been returned from Guantanamo, Maj. Gen. Mansour Turki told the press agency. He said 53 remain at the U.S. military facility in Cuba.
A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey D. Gordon, confirmed that the detainees had been transferred.
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