rssFrom Gitmo to Bermuda
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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So I guess the island of Palau isn’t taking all 17 Uighurs after all. The Justice Department today announced that four of them were actually sent to Bermuda instead.
Less than a month ago these Chinese Muslim prisoners were the subject of intense debate in Congress and had no place to go, as Republicans vehemently opposed their release into the United States. Now, the Obama administration has apparently located two island paradises willing to take them.
“By helping accomplish the president’s objective of closing Guantanamo, the transfer of these detainees will make America safer,” said Attorney General Eric Holder in a statement today. “We are extremely grateful to the government of Bermuda.”
The Uighur prisoners have all been cleared for release for more than three years, after the government determined that none of them were “enemy combatants” as it had initially charged.
3 Comments
Comment posted June 11, 2009 @ 10:40 am
I feel this is a good thing, but some people are concerned that they will be easily reached by terrorist groups. But really, it's out of our hands. We cannot indefinitely detain someone on the fear that they may commit a crime.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/palau_s_potential_p…>
Comment posted June 12, 2009 @ 12:19 am
Obama has avoided the thorny details of assiduous analysis on the most critical problems facing America, and has used sweeping, but banal statements of obvious principals, while his appointees actually implement policies and programs inconsistent with the claims of the message. Now we have flip-flops upon flip-flops on detainees.
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2009/06/doe…
Did America elect a monarch? … A President is still needed.
Comment posted June 12, 2009 @ 7:19 am
Obama has avoided the thorny details of assiduous analysis on the most critical problems facing America, and has used sweeping, but banal statements of obvious principals, while his appointees actually implement policies and programs inconsistent with the claims of the message. Now we have flip-flops upon flip-flops on detainees.
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2009/06/doe…
Did America elect a monarch? … A President is still needed.
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