US Sending Three Gitmo Detainees to Slovakia

<p>The Pentagon has announced that three of the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been turned over to the government of Slovakia.</p>

In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the sun rises above Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. During nearly 12 years of legal disputes and political battles, the United States has put off deciding the fate of al-Qaida and Taliban militants held at Guantanamo Bay, captured after the Sept. 11 attacks but denied quick or full access to the American justice system. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Charles Dharapak / AP, file

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The Pentagon has announced that three of the detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been turned over to the government of Slovakia.

That leaves a total of 155 detainees still in custody at Gitmo. The three men are the last ethnic Uighur Chinese detained at the facility on Cuba.

"The United States is grateful to the government of Slovakia for this humanitarian gesture and its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility," the Pentagon said in a statement.