The United States on Monday transferred one detainee to Bahrain,
one detainee to Iran and two detainees to Pakistan from the
American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon
announced.
With Monday's transfer, approximately 340 detainees have
departed Guantanamo for other countries, and about 435 detainees
still remain jailed at the detention facility at the US naval
base.
Of those detainees still being held at Guantanamo, 110 have been
determined by the US government as eligible for transfer or
release, the Pentagon said in a statement.
Their departure "is subject to ongoing discussions between the
United States and other nations," it said.
The United States opened the detention facility at its naval
base in Guantanamo in January 2002, to hold terror suspects and
Taliban members mainly captured during the US-led war in
Afghanistan.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2006)
