US transfers 6 Gitmo detainees to Oman

Washington has transferred six inmates from its Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, the Pentagon said yesterday, as part of a drive by President Barack Obama to close the controversial jail. The Omani foreign ministry said all six were Yemeni. The transfer means 116 inmates remain at the prison in at a US naval base in southeastern Cuba.

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