US sends 6 Guantanamo detainees to Oman

SIX men held in Guantanamo have been released and sent to Oman.

Six men held in Guantanamo have been released and sent to Oman.

SIX men long held at Guantanamo Bay have arrived in Oman, the first movement of detainees out of the US prison in five months.

THE six detainees - all from Yemen - boarded a flight from the US prison in Cuba on Friday, bringing Guantanamo's population down to 116.