Briton learns of de-radicalization
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown toured a de-radicalization facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and met men who had been inmates of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Saudi officials claim their efforts at rehabilitating extremists with months of argument against radical Islam have a success rate of 80% to 90%.
An official at the center, Dr. Abdel Rahman Hadlaq, said men released are given jobs and other support key to breaking radical links.
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