Yemeni authorities have released 170 suspects of having links with Al Qaeda.

The government of Yemen for two days was released 170 people arrested on suspicion of having links with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, said on Sunday agency Associated Press, referring to unnamed representatives of the Yemeni security officials.
The detainees were released after they gave a written undertaking not to engage in terrorist activities, which, as the agency is standard procedure in Yemen, and previously applied to those suspected in the terrorist abroad. In addition, the behavior will be released to local tribal elders, enjoy great influence in parts of the country.
U.S. reaction to the decision of Yemeni authorities, not known, but in the past, such steps are not met the approval of America. In connection with such exemptions suspected of terrorism the United States in particular, have been slow to release in Guantanamo Yemeni citizens, constituting about half of the total number of prisoners.
However, Yemeni authorities have expressed the hope that these prisoners will return home after one year in prison will be closed. Barack Obama, let's, gave an appropriate disposal in January.
It reminds the agency about two weeks ago, "Al-Qaeda, Yemen has announced its main base in the entire Arabian Peninsula. In addition, at the end of January it became known that a cell of al-Qaida in Yemen, led by a former Guantanamo detainee Ali Saeed al-Shihiri, a citizen of Saudi Arabia.