Algerian officials visited Guantanamo

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Source: AP

ALGIERS, Algeria - A high-level Algerian delegation has visited the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and confirmed the identities of 17 Algerians imprisoned there, the justice minister said Sunday.

It was the first time a clear figure for the number of Algerians held at Guantanamo has been made public.

Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz did not say when the delegation visited Guantanamo but said the purpose of the trip was to confirm the nationality of prisoners thought to be Algerians.

"They are, indeed, Algerians. There are 17 of them," he told reporters on the sidelines of the opening of the spring parliamentary session.



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