Parents happy over efforts to win release of Guantanamo prisoners By a Staff Writer JEDDAH, 31 August — The parents of two Saudis held at a US military base in Cuba have expressed happiness over efforts made by the Saudi authorities to win freedom for their sons. The two Saudi fathers told Al-Watan daily that they had received letters from their sons Jaber Hasan Al-Qahtani, 24, and Abdullah Hamid Al-Mosleh, 23, in Guantanamo. "They said they were in good health and were treated well by the Americans," the daily quoted the parents as saying. In their letters, Jaber and Abdullah expressed optimism that their ordeal would end soon. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18214 AU's Hicks and Habib are incommunicado,no lawyers,no letters. US authorities have refused to give the detainees in Guantanamo prisoner-of-war status as set out under the Geneva Conventions and are reserving the right to present them before secret US military tribunals that have the power to impose the death penalty.