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The U.S. Justice Department said later that another man, originally from the West Bank, had been released from Guantanamo and sent to Hungary. It did not identify him. The transfers were part of a drive by U.S. President Barack Obama to close the widely criticized jail created by his predecessor, George W. Bush, to house terrorism suspects captured abroad. The man sent to France, Saber Lahmar, was among five Algerian-born prisoners who were ordered released in November 2008 by a U.S. judge who ruled that the government had failed to prove they were planning violent attacks against Americans. Three of the men were sent to their adopted homeland of Bosnia in December 2008, while a fourth, Lakhdar Boumediene, was transferred to France in May. The French ministry did not say why Lahmar's transfer had taken so long. It said Lahmar, who was arrested in Bosnia in October 2001 with five other Algerian-born men and sent to Guantanamo in January 2002, had been cleared of all terrorism charges. The statement said that by agreeing to host Lahmar, France was contributing to Obama's efforts to shut down Guantanamo, which has long been denounced by U.S. critics as a place where human rights were routinely violated. "We have chosen to support the implementation of President Obama's decision, which meets with a long-standing expectation of the European Union," the French ministry said. "After seven years of incarceration at Guantanamo, Mr Lahmar can at last resume a normal life," it said. Asked why Lahmar was sent to France rather than Algeria, the ministry's spokesman Bernard Valero said it was Lahmar's choice. LANDMARK RULING Obama pledged to close Guantanamo with a year of taking office but he has acknowledged that the January 22 deadline would likely be missed because of political and diplomatic obstacles. The prison camp set up under Bush in 2002 quickly drew international condemnation because of harsh interrogation techniques and judicial processes that were deemed unfair. More than 200 detainees remain in the prison. About 90 have been cleared to be transferred, but the Obama administration, limited by Congress from bringing them into the United States, has struggled to convince other countries to take them in. Lahmar was the second taken in by France after Boumediene. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: South Korea knocks down rumor North leader dead Also on Reuters Video Video: Cyber Monday spurs shopping Commentary: Dubai can’t rely on friendly creditors Reuters Media Summit: Sirius CEO dodges crisis More World News Iran warns of serious action against UK yachtsmen | Video Suicide bomber kills Pakistan parliamentarian Iran "not obliged" to tell IAEA of home-made sites South Korea knocks down rumor North leader dead Court hears charges against Nazi camp suspect | Video More World News... 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