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Mohammad Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani, 46, was transferred to his
native Saudi Arabia after a review board determined in June that
he no longer represented a significant threat to U.S. national
security, the Defense Department said in a written statement.
"The United States appreciates the willingness of Saudi Arabia
and other partners to support ongoing U.S. efforts toward a
deliberate and thorough process focused on responsibly reducing
the detainee population and ultimately closing of the Guantanamo
Bay facility," the statement said.
According to a Guantanamo detainee profile maintained by the
Defense Department, al-Qahtani was trained by al-Quaeda and
sought unsuccessfully to enter the United States on Aug. 4, 2001
to take part in the Sept. 11 attacks.
In all, 38 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. Of those, 19 are
eligible for transfer, 7 are eligible for a Periodic Review
Board, 10 are involved in the military commissions process and
two detainees have been convicted in military commissions.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; editing by Richard Pullin)
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