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Created by: Martin Wattenberg Created on: Saturday February 24, 12:06 PM

Data file: Guantanamo Bay Detainees

Data source: Washington Post (via user Mark)

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Martin Wattenberg says:

In this view, orange means released, white means not released. Gray means committed suicide.

Posted Saturday February 24, 12:07 PM
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	Martin Wattenberg says: I'd be curious to hear ideas on why various countries have the release proportions that they do. Posted Saturday February 24, 12:13 PM see view for this comment

Mark says:

This is great.

Just theorizing: My understanding is that a number of Afghans and Pakistanis were swept up by U.S. forces because there was a bounty for al Queda, and were falsely accused by locals.

UK, French, Russians?, being Western allies, were more not only more likely to have people advocating on their behalf, but also more likely to be able to get the ears of U.S. officials and the media.

Bin Laden being a Saudi, maybe they really are al Queda, or maybe the Saudis just won't take them back or argue for their release.

The facts on the ground may say otherwise.

Posted Saturday February 24, 5:00 PM
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Matt McKeon says:

Mark's comment about the false accusations in Afghanistan is dead-on.

The release numbers by country might also be partly explained by current US operations. If a person picked up in Afghanistan or Iraq is mistakenly sent to Gitmo, it's far more likely that they're a local or a legitimate visitor from a neighboring country. Foreign nationals (from one of the "muj feeder" countries like Syria, Algeria or Yemen) are much more likely to be legitimate arrests.

The low percentage of inmates (and lack of releasees) from Iraq can be explained by the extensive detention and interrogation facilities that exist in-country. By the time an Iraqi is sent to Gitmo, the US military is pretty sure they want to hold on to that person.

Posted Monday February 26, 7:01 PM

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