The Defense Department has released a Saudi prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, the world’s most dangerous prison. The Defense Department said that a prisoner named Mohammed Ahmed al-Qahtani has been sent back to his home country for treatment of mental illness. Mohamed Ahmed al-Qahtani was accused of trying to be involved in the 9/11 hijackers. This military prison at the US Naval Base in Cuba is considered to be the most controversial prison in the world.
The Defense Department said a review board, including military and intelligence officials, on Saudi Arabian prisoner Mohammed Ahmed al-Qahtani, who was held in Guantanamo Bay, concluded that he could be safely released after 20 years in custody. could. According to Mohamed Ahmed’s lawyers, the 46-year-old has been suffering from multiple mental illnesses including schizophrenia since childhood.
Mohamed Ahmed is the second prisoner in President Joe Biden’s government to be released. However, some time ago media reports said that US President Joe Biden is considering closing Guantanamo Bay. After the release of Mohamed Ahmed al-Qahtani from Guantanamo Bay, only 38 prisoners remain.
Announcing al-Qahtani’s repatriation, the Defense Department said in a statement on Monday that only about half of those held at Guantanamo Bay had been cleared for release. The government has not taken any decision on what to do with the rest of the prisoners. Some prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are still facing trial from the military commission.
Let us tell you that when the Defense Department informed the US Congress (Parliament) about the intention to deport al-Qahtani back to Saudi Arabia in February, some Republicans were outraged. Let us tell you that in August 2001, al-Qahtani was stopped from the US at Orlando airport by immigration officers on suspicion.
According to documents released earlier in this regard, on September 11, the kidnapper Mohammad Atta was on his way to take her to participate in the conspiracy. The US military later captured him in Afghanistan and was deported to Guantanamo. At the same time, in 2002, an FBI official saw al-Qahtani talking to non-existent people and doing strange things.