Washington: After 21 years in prison, the Saudi engineer was released by the United States. The United States is arresting Saudi citizen Ghazan Al Sharabi for his involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Later he was transferred to the infamous Guantanamo prison in Cuba. He was arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Al Jazeera reported that the US State Department issued an order releasing Al Sharabi from prison on Wednesday. Al Sharabi is an engineering graduate from the Aeronautical University of America.
A review committee was appointed to seek Ghazan al-Sharabi’s release from February 2022. According to the committee’s report, the US is deciding to release Al Sharabi, seeing that he is no longer a threat to the security of the United States,’ the US statement said.
Foreign media reports that US sources have informed that Al Sharabi, who was released from prison, will be brought to Saudi Arabia after detailed tests and following security standards.
FBI sources indicate that al-Sharabi was arrested a year after he crossed into Pakistan after the September 11 attacks. It is also reported that he was trained to make bombs there. The US says that he was later arrested in Pakistan along with Al Qaeda terrorists.
But Al Sharabi said during the trial that the allegations against him were fabricated and that he was innocent.
Al Sharabi is the fourth Guantanamo detainee to be released by the United States this year. Last month, the United States issued an order releasing two Pakistani nationals from prison. The present action is a continuation of this.
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