Yemeni citizen Abdel Malik Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi, the second prisoner transferred to Montenegro by the United States Government, was accused of being the bodyguard of the slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, reports Newsmax.
"After 14 years in Guantanamo, Abdel Malik Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi was released and sent to the small Balkan country of Montenegro," the Pentagon said earlier.
Al-Rahabi was granted release from prison back in 2014, when he was deemed not to pose a threat to US security.
However, with war raging in his country, he had to find another country to accept him.
"Montenegro has now joined American friends and allies in Europe in accepting prisoners," said Lee Volski, special envoy for Guantanamo at the State Department.
David Reams, Al-Rahabi's lawyer, says his client can't wait to see his wife and daughter again.
Al-Rahabi has been in Guantanamo since 2002, when he was arrested in Afghanistan, writes EurAsia Diary.
"On the way from Yemen to Afghanistan, he must have become a member of Al-Qaeda," reports EurAsia Diary, referring to Pentagon documents, adding that no charges have been brought against him.
The USA is also grateful to the Government of Montenegro for the humane gesture and willingness to support the efforts of the USA in closing the Guantanamo prison.
In yesterday's government announcement, it was explained that the Yemeni arrived in Montenegro as part of the humanitarian program launched by the US government with the aim of closing the Guantanamo base in Cuba.
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