Holder Close to Making Decision on Gitmo Detainees

[steven johnson]

Source: New York Times

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 26, 2009
Filed at 8:33 p.m. ET


More Politics NewsLONDON (AP) -- The United States is ''relatively close'' to making decisions on what to do with an initial group of Guantanamo Bay detainees, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday.

There are about 240 Guantanamo inmates. As many as 60, if freed, cannot go back to their homelands because they could face abuse, imprisonment or death. They are from Azerbaijan, Algeria, Afghanistan, Chad, China, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Holder said the first step is to decide how many total detainees will be set free.

''We're doing these all on a rolling basis,'' he said. ''I think we're probably relatively close to making some calls.''




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