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Two Algerians repatriated from Guantanamo: Pentagon

By AFP
Algeria The US flag at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on August 7, 2013.  By Chantal Valery AFPFile
AUG 29, 2013 LISTEN
The US flag at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on August 7, 2013. By Chantal Valery (AFP/File)

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (AFP) - Two Algerian prisoners at the US military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred back to their homeland, the Pentagon said in a statement Thursday.

Nabil Said Hadjarab and Mutia Sadiq Ahmad Sayyab were handed to the government of Algeria under a deal announced last month as part of efforts to eventually close the War on Terror military prison.

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