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by Barbara McPherson | January 26, 2010 at 10:39 am
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Three Gitmo detainees have been transferred to Slovakia and one to Switzerland. There is little information about details of the prisoners. The detainee from Uzbekistan was transferred to Switzerland.
This leaves nearly 200 prisoners in the offshore prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba which has been criticised by human rights activists for its murky treatment of captives. The disposition of the Gitmo prisoners has been a hot potato since President Obama pledged to close it. Many in the U.S. are convinced that all the captives are dangerous terrorists and do not wish to have them in U.S. prisons if they are charged and convicted.
Canadian citizen, Omar Khadr has been in Gitmo for over seven years awaiting disposition of his fate. He was captured in Afghanistan at age 15 and accused of involvement in the death of a U.S. medic.
Omar Khadr comes from a notorious family that was heavily involved in the al Qaeda movement. His brother Abdullah Khadr is facing an extradition hearing in April. The U.S. has asked for his extradition to face terrorism charges.
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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpokeat 11:04 on January 26th, 2010
This is a mess and continues to be one. There are 50 some odd that the U.S. will never charge, but will not release either. So where is the closure of GITMO and movement to a prison in Illinois, change anything?
at 11:12 on January 26th, 2010
It will change perceptions - and for most of the sheeple, that is reality.
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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpokeat 13:43 on January 26th, 2010
SOS DP (Same old Sh--t Different Place)
at 15:52 on January 26th, 2010
I don't understand why these prisoners are being transferred!
Many of us are under the impression that virtually all of them are enemy combatants captured on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan and were engaged in hostile actions against NATO troops and civilians. Moreover, all of them have declared war in the name of Allah against the U.S. In other words, they are jihadists who are engaged in a holy war against infidels.
Why would any nation in its right collective mind release POWs in the middle of an ongoing war so that they can ultimately return to the battlefield and engage in more killings and mayhem?
at 16:29 on January 26th, 2010
"Why would any nation in its right collective mind release POWs in the middle of an ongoing war so that they can ultimately return to the battlefield and engage in more killings and mayhem?"
Well, you ask a good question, Mr Cripps.
The answer may lie in the opening portion of your question...."nation in its right collective mind", can you figure it out from there?
at 16:34 on January 26th, 2010
Hugh: Perhaps Eric Fromm had it right in his The Sane Society and Escape from Freedom . . . .
And perhaps I did too when I wrote some song lyrics almost 30 years ago that went like this:
"Too bad it's not as simple as it used to be . . .too bad there's no black and white color TV . . .too bad the only mono we've got is nucleosis . . .too bad we're the victims of myopic osmosis . . . ."
at 18:36 on January 26th, 2010
Of course it's a complicated problem. Thank all of you for your considered opinions. Not all the detainees were apprehended while fighting. The U.S. military put out a reward system for captured al Qaedas. You can imagine how many unlikeables were turned in for the rewards. The Uyghurs that were imprisoned were fleeing China. I would agree with you that after being incarcerated in the black prisons I would devote my life to revenge. As Karl says it's a big mess and there are no easy solutions. Perhaps those too dangerous to release could be settled in a new colony on, say Santa Catalina. Bring their families over too and show them what the U.S. really stands for.
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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpokeat 18:44 on January 26th, 2010
The new colony would beat one in Illinois. Family reunions with weekend passes, would be great too.
at 19:13 on January 26th, 2010
The first long haired freak i knew was back in about 1966-7. I first met him as he was on he way home, with a gunny sack full of hemp - fresh cut from down at the railroad tracks. I was a mindless pup, he was armed with a freakish album by some obscene group called the Fugs.
Them there Fugs had a liddle ditty,,,,,seems to apply now days to the sociable muslim chaps with mayhem on their minds.
"Who can train guerrillas by the dozen ....Send them out to kill their untrained cousins?"
there's more, but there are ladies present......