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Guantanamo Bay prisoners freed for Eid

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Up to 55 Saudi Arabian prisoners, who have been recently released from America's Guantanamo Bay detention centre into Saudi custody, will be released for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday.

They will also be given a gift of $2,600 per person that can be used to celebrate the holiday.

But the compassionate leave, granted by Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, is time-limited. All prisoners will be rounded up and brought back to jail after Eid.

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They will then all face trial in Saudi courts.

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