20 July 2010
The United States State Department announced Monday, July 19, that former Guantanamo prisoner Abd-al-Nisr Mohammed Khantumani has arrived in Cape Verde, and thanked Cape Verdean authorities for their willingness to accept the former inmate. In Cape Verde, the government has declined to comment on the case, alleging that it has nothing more to say about the issue.
Citing information from the Department of Defense, Portuguese news agency Lusa writes that Abd-al-Nisr Mohammed Khantumani’s transfer to Cape Verde was approved by all of the US federal agencies involved in the work group created by President Barack Obama to deal with former Guantanamo inmates whose home countries were deemed too dangerous for them to return to. The group is responsible for analyzing all of the individual cases from a perspective of security as the US government prepares to close its now infamous Guantanamo detention center....
One slightly bolder source told A Semana Online that the Syrian national is indeed in Cape Verde, but declined to reveal which city or island he had been taken to. “For security reasons, the government has nothing more to say on the issue. This former Guantanamo prisoner is going to live in Cape Verde under the same conditions as the ETA exiles,” said the source, ruling out the possibility that the individual may be housed in a prison establishment in the country.
US thanks Cape Verde and Algeria
A note from the US Department of Defense thanks “the governments of Algeria and Cape Verde for their willingness to support American efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention unit.”
To read more about the detainee http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/307-abd-al-nisr-mohammed-khantumani/documents/5/pages/342%20-
Morgan Freeman makes short stopover in Cape Verde
21 July 2010
American actor Morgan Freeman left Amílcar Cabral International Airport on the island of Sal this morning for Portugal after stopping to rest for several hours.
Freeman landed in the early morning hours at Amílcar Cabral International Airport in his private jet for a brief rest. The actor arrived from the United States and is on his way to the Portuguese city of Viseu.
Freeman checked in to a hotel in the town of Santa Maria for several hours. Before continuing on his journey, the actor granted an interview to Cape Verdean National Radio in which he highlighted the beauty of the island of Sal and said the hotel was pleasant and welcoming.
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