The United States questions whether Yemen could rehabilitate the Yemenis being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (By Chip Somodevilla -- Getty Images)From The Washington Post:
The single biggest opportunity -- and potential difficulty -- for the incoming administration's plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, comes from the same group of Yemeni prisoners, who make up fully 40 percent of the detainees still held there.
Despite intensive diplomatic discussions in recent months, and the Yemeni government's promise to put released prisoners through a rehabilitation program, the Bush administration remains unconvinced that the impoverished Arab nation is capable of absorbing a group of men that officials believe includes hardened extremists.
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My Comment: I doubt very much that these unrepentant terrorists will be released. Their release would prove to be a political disaster for the new Obama administration coming in.