Yemeni Guantanamo detainees call families

SANA'A, June 05 (Saba) -Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been allowed for the first time since their detention in the wake of the September terrorist attacks against theUS to call their families, the state-run 26sep.net has said.

The move comes as preparations for handing over 85 Yemeni prisoners to the government began.

However, the United States says Yemen has not provided enough guarantees that will ensure the freed detainees will not return tocommitting terrorist acts.

The Yemeni government renewed a request to the US authorities to release the Yemeni detainees held at the Guantanamo, saying it had prepared a rehabilitation program for them that will help them to bereintegrated into the society.

Yemen affirmed it will try any one of the detainees who may be convicted of committing terrorist acts and according to the Yemenilaws.

Yemen has received some of its Guantanamo detainees andrehabilitated all of them.

After the 11 September attacks against the US, the US authorities arrested many people in the name of the war against terrorism. Amongthe detained were many Yemeni persons.- end.