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US sends 2 Guantanamo prisoners back to Algeria

By Ben Fox

Published December 5, 2013 5:00am ET

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US sends 2 Guantanamo prisoners back to Algeria — In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Two men who have been held without charge at the Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade have been sent back to their native Algeria as part of a renewed effort to gradually close the prison, U.S. officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) | Brennan Linsley

MIAMI — Two men who have been held without charge at the Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade have been sent back to their native Algeria as part of a renewed effort to gradually close the prison, U.S. officials said Thursday.

The Pentagon identified the two men as Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane and Belkecem Bensayah. Both had been held on suspicion of having links to terrorism but neither was charged with a crime.

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