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Six Guantanamo prisoners arrive in Uruguay as refugees
Six detainees held at Guantanamo Bay for 12 years arrive in Uruguay as refugees amid a push by President Obama to close the prison. The group includes four Syrians, a Tunisian and a Palestinian. one Syrian on hunger strike, Abu Wa'el Dhiab, led the transfer. Uruguay, led by President Jose Mujica, will assist their resettlement in a country of 3.3 million with a small Muslim population.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Guantanamo Bay
Barack Obama
al-Qaida
U.S
Jose Mujica
Mujica
State Department
Clifford Sloan
Abu Wa’el Dhiab
Pentagon
Ali Husain Shaaban
Ahmed Adnan Ajari
Abdelahdi Faraj
Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan
Adel bin Muhammad el Ouerghi
Tunisia
Obama
Guantanamo
Cuba
Cori Crider
Chiab
Reprieve
Crider
Chiah
Ramzi Kassem
Faraj
Kassem
City University of New York
Inter