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After a security review, the U.S. officials allowed two Saudis to be transferred to the custody of their own government.

The men are 35-year-old Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani and 48-year-old Hamood Abdulla Hamood.

Neither prisoner had been charged with a crime.

Dozens of prisoners have been transferred to Saudi Arabia and later released after going through a rehabilitation program.

The two men's transfer bring the Guantanamo population to 160 prisoners.

Read more at The Huffington Post.

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