Posted on 01/18/2009 11:55:33 PM PST by Cindy
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12449
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 040-09 January 17, 2009
Detainee Transfer Announced
The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of six detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Four detainees were transferred to Iraq, one to Algeria and one to Afghanistan. These detainees were determined to be eligible for departure following a comprehensive series of review processes.
The transfer is a demonstration of the United States’ desire not to hold detainees any longer than necessary. It also underscores the processes put in place to assess each individual and make a determination about their detention while hostilities are ongoing – an unprecedented step in the history of warfare.
The Department of Defense has determined – through its comprehensive review processes - that approximately 60 detainees at Guantanamo are eligible for transfer or release. Departure of these detainees is subject to ongoing discussions between the United States and other nations.
Since 2002, more than 525 detainees have departed Guantanamo for other countries including Albania, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom and Yemen.
There are approximately 245 detainees currently at Guantanamo.
Iraq, Algeria and Afghanistan. I’ll bet most of them have begged to stay in Gitmo. Especially the one(s) going to Algeria.
OPINION:
Yep, I bet you’re right.
Please, please, Pres. Bush, one last order for rendition of the remaining inmates, before Gitmo closes.
Come Jan 21, expect US citizenship for the inmates left at Gitmo.
Wrapped in Canadian Bacon??
Immediate deportation order issued and carried out for all the remaining Gitmo monsters.
“Yes, we felt that these gentlemen deserve to be returned to the place where we captured them. Each was given $10,000 in currency form their home country for each year of their detention, a new suit of clothing and a Koran, and they were met by government officials from the welcoming nation...” LOL
Some bureaucrats willing to fall on their swords to prevent these monsters form falling into the incompetent hands of the Bamster administration.
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