WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities have released Haleda but Mutairija from prison in the U.S. military base Guantanamo in Cuba, and he returned to his country, said tonight representative of one Kuwaiti organizations.
United States President Barack Obama has promised to close the controversial detention center for terrorism suspects to 22 January next year, but representatives of his administration announced the ability to target by then not be reached because of legal, diplomatic and political obstacles.
After the release of Al Mutairija in Gvantanamu are still 222 other detainees. Some of them will also be exempt, and others could be tried in U.S. courts on charges of terrorism, told the Reuters.
Al-Mutairi was arrested in Pakistan in 2001, having previously resided in Afghanistan, where he assisted in the construction of a mosque and provided assistance to schools and orphans, says Kuwaiti Family Committee, which is most responsible for the release of other Kuwaitis from Guantanamo.
The U.S. government accuses him, however, belonged to and assisted the terrorist network Al Qaeda and the Taliban and that he went to Afghanistan to join in the fight against the Anglo-American military coalition.
"We are grateful that they finally returned Haleda family and his house," said Halid al Oda, leading Kuwaiti Family Committee.
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