But… but… but… they are just poor goat herders locked up by evil tyrant George W. Bush!

MANAMA, BAHRAIN (BNO NEWS) — Two Gulf citizens who were previously detained at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility were arrested in Bahrain on Saturday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, officials said on Sunday, but only few details were released.

The two men, whose identities and nationalities were not immediately disclosed, were arrested at a border station on the King Fahad Causeway when they tried to enter Bahrain from Saudi Arabia with forged passports. Both persons were also found to be carrying “a large amount” of money.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said the men had previously been detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, which is operated by U.S. forces and remains open despite U.S. President Barack Obama ordering its closure within 12 months in January 2009. And while 164 people remain imprisoned nearly five years later, only a handful of them are facing charges.

“The initial investigation revealed that the arrestees are former detainees of the Guantanamo detention center. They are suspected of plotting a terror act to jeopardize the security and safety of Bahrain,” the General Director of Crime Detection and Forensic Science said. “The investigation continues to reveal more information.”