Obama vows to thwart future terrorist attacks, insists on closure of Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON. January 6. KAZINFORM U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to thwart future terrorist attacks, but insisted that his administration's plan to close the Guantanamo prison would not be stopped as a result of the failed Christmas Day terror plot, Kazinform cites Xinhua.
We are determined not only to thwart those plans (to attack the United States) but also ... defeat their (terrorism groups') networks once and for all," Obama said after attending a meeting with senior security and intelligence officials at the White House.
The meeting was summoned to discuss the reviews of security screening at airports and the U.S. terror watch list system, following a failed bomb attack plot in which a Nigerian young man brought an explosive device onto a U.S. international flight and attempted to blow it up on Dec. 25, 2009.
Al Qaeda's branch in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the incident, and its leader was reportedly released from the Guantanamo prison.
Although the U.S. government has halted the transfer of Yemeni Guantanamo detainees to their home country, Obama noted that the decision was made giving "the unsettle situation at this time," but the plan to close the controversial facility is still on, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
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