The U.S. Federal Court has struck a hard blow to the sovereignty of the U.S. military bases of Guantanamo Bay. Today a federal judge has order the release of 5 Guantanamo prisoners, citing that the government failed to show that these 5 were "enemy combatants." This court order was based on an appeal made by 6 prisoners. This is a big win that comes due to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that detainees could challenge their detention.
All 5 men are of Algerian decent but were living in Bosnia when they were detained. They were suspected of a plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo. However, later the government dropped this argument and stated that they had intentions to go to Afghanistan and right against the coalition. All 5 men were pointed out by a single source, the federal judge say this as insufficient amount of evidence to detain these 5 men.
The ruling judge also stated that the government had the right to appeal the ruling, and that anyone in any situation show be allowed to as well.
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