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This Article is From Jan 06, 2010

US: No more Gitmo detainees to Yemen

Washington, DC: The Obama Administration says no more Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to Yemen for the time being, after a failed Christmas terror plot raised concerns about terrorists active in that country.

A White House spokesman said the government will not send additional detainees to Yemen for now.

President Barack Obama's top counter terrorism adviser John Brennan spoke of potential threats against the US Embassy in Yemen and pledged to provide the Yemeni government with "the wherewithal" to take down Al-Qaida.

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