Posted on 04/05/2016 7:48:47 AM PDT by rktman
As the Obama administration tries to find countries for mostly Yemeni Guantanamo inmates cleared for release, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a special shout-out today to Senegal for agreeing to take a couple of Libyans.
About three dozen detainees are scheduled for transfer by this summer as the administration screens potential homes for the detainees.
Kerry said the U.S. "is very grateful to our partner, the Republic of Senegal, for offering humanitarian resettlement to two individuals formerly in Department of Defense custody at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility."
The Department of Defense today announced the transfer of Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar.
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It’s Cha-Ching Cha-Ching Cha-Ching time for rancid third-world dictatorships.
Obama is so hell-bent on keeping his promise to clear out Gitmo before he goes he’ll pay some tinpot despot ANYTHING he asks if he’ll just take a few of these guys off his hands for him.
These individuals are needed on the battlefield right away, so Kerry facilitated their release. They will be in Yemen, Libya or Syria within a week after they arrive in Senegal. ISIS puts in a requests, and Kerry fills it
Yeah, but at least the USN stopped a bunch of weapons bound for Yemen. Ref:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3417606/posts
Yes, because they weren’t our weapons. We are arming one side, Iran is arming the other side. Proxy wars
Kerry is a special kind of stupid, ain’t he?
What could possibly go wrong?
How much are we paying them for this grand gesture? And with active fighting in Yemen, why are we letting those particular berks go? Hope you have headcounts scheduled, Jean, the blood will be on your hands.
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