Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees are Released
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Three more prisoners from the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay (search), Cuba, have been released to their home countries, the Pentagon announced Monday.
According to the Associated Press, a military tribunal found that two of them should no longer be considered enemy combatants, the report said. One was released to Yemen (search), the other to Tajikistan (search).
A separate military panel, which looks at the value of continuing to hold the prisoner, recommended the third for release to Iran (search).
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Pentagon did not identify the three further, citing security considerations.
The releases increase the number of detainees who have left Guantanamo to 245. Many were released outright; in 68 cases, they were transferred to the custody of their native governments.
The Pentagon said about 505 remain at the prison for terrorist suspects, said the Associated Press report.