Saudi Repatriation and Release
On July 16, 2007 the Department of Defense reported that a further sixteen Saudis captives were repatriated from Guantanamo to Saudi custody. On July 17, 2007 the Gulf Daily News reported that Juma was one of the men repatriated to Saudi custody; that he had been sent to Saudi Arabia because he had joint Bahraini/Saudi citizenship.
The Gulf Daily News reports:
"It is understood the former detainees will remain in captivity while the Saudi authorities investigate whether they have any links to any militant organisations."
On Thursday August 23, 2007 the Gulf Daily News reported that Juma al Dossari had not only been released, but was going to receive official assistance from the Saudi government.
The article quoted Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Khalid, who said:
"Look at what the government of Saudi Arabia has given Juma - a car, monthly allowance, help to find a job and get married."
An article in the December 21, 2007 issue of the Los Angeles Times profiled Al Dosari's rehabilitation. The article quoted al Dosari:
"We can't go immediately from getting off a plane from Cuba to living in society. Everything has changed. There are more streets, bridges and buildings here than I remember. I was gone a long time. My driver's license expired while I was in Guantanamo. My father died. Now, I'm trying to get things back on track."
The BBC World Service broadcast a half hour interview with Al Dossari on June 28, 2008.
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