Guantanamo inmates' release projected

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The United States reportedly will free 56 inmates held in its Guantanamo Bay prison camp, including Arabs who were suspected of belonging to al-Qaida.

"more than 56 prisoners, including Arabs from Gulf countries, will be liberated soon for lack of evidence to back accusations against them," Najib al-Nuaimi, head of the International Committee for Defending Guantanamo Prisoners, said Monday.

He said the committee allocated several detention centers run by the United States and holding Arab prisoners in Kabul, Pakistan, and Jordan.

Al-Nuaimi said he will be visiting Guantanamo prisoners soon.