Obama 'admin' frees another five Yemeni Gitmo prisoners from Guantanamo

Obama 'admin' frees another five Yemeni Gitmo prisoners from Guantanamo. (WaEx).

The Obama administration late Wednesday released five Yemeni al Qaeda fighters from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, sending four of them to Oman, which shares a border with Yemen.

The move is likely to inflame GOP lawmakers who proposed Tuesday to bar further such releases, especially to Yemen, a country wracked by sectarian violence where the local al Qaeda affiliate has claimed credit for last week's deadly attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

The four sent to Oman — Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammad Al Yafi, Fadel Hussein Saleh Hentif, Abd Al-Rahman Abdullah Abu Shabati, and Mohammed Ahmed Salam — were considered either medium-risk or high-risk detainees.

A fifth, Ahmed Abdul Qadir, judged to be a medium risk, was sent to Estonia.

All five were recommended for release in 2010 after the Obama administration reviewed cases of detainees recommended for continued detention under the administration of George W. Bush.

Their transfer leaves 122 detainees at the prison.

Legislation introduced Tuesday by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., would bar the release or transfer of any detainees judged to be medium- or high-risk — the vast majority of those who remain — and requires greater justification for any other release or transfer. It also would bar transfers of any Guantanamo prisoner to Yemen, home country of the largest single group of remaining detainees. Hmmm...Expect these five names to popup in the coming months involved in new terrorist attacks.