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U.S. plans to accept several Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo
Los Angeles Times ^ | April 24, 2009 | Julian E. Barnes

Posted on 04/24/2009 8:28:10 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett

Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration is preparing to admit into the United States as many as seven Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay in the first release of any of the detainees into this country, according to current and former U.S. officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amnesty; chinese; dometicterrorism; gitmo; gitmoamericans; muslims; newamericans; proterrorist; release; uighurs
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1 posted on 04/24/2009 8:28:11 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Perhaps some of my lib friends would like to take them in


2 posted on 04/24/2009 8:29:02 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

When they are done trying Bush/Cheney, we can begin Obama’s trial for treason.


3 posted on 04/24/2009 8:29:29 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

They will be citizens and voting Democrat by next year.


4 posted on 04/24/2009 8:31:10 AM PDT by oldbill
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To: A_Former_Democrat

They’ll send the to Detroit and a week later they’ll be begging to go back to Gitmo!


5 posted on 04/24/2009 8:31:53 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: A_Former_Democrat

“Perhaps some of my lib friends would like to take them in”

And us to pay for it. The lib way.


6 posted on 04/24/2009 8:32:10 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

And they’re not being repatrioted to their home country because...????????


7 posted on 04/24/2009 8:32:41 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Meanwhile, the sheeple graze mindlessly while awaiting slaughter at Hope and Change Ranch)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Kick them out of the country and put them on a travel visa watch list.

We may not be able to hold them but we don’t have to let them immigrate.


8 posted on 04/24/2009 8:33:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: ScottinVA

The Left says it is too dangerous for these muslims to return home. They may be tortured by local officials there (if they are concerned about terrorism) or they may be cast out for “talking” or even posing a security risk to other terrorist cells (since they may still be monitored to see who they communicate with).


9 posted on 04/24/2009 8:35:16 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett; SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; ...
The list, ping

Let me know if you want on or off the ping list...

10 posted on 04/24/2009 8:38:09 AM PDT by Nachum (the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: a fool in paradise

And when they get here they may torture some of us by committing acts of terrorism in our own country. I do not think our country will last until 2012 with these kinds of policies of the “O”. This administration is going to stick it to the American people one too many times ~ and I don’t think that will take another 4 1/2 years!


11 posted on 04/24/2009 8:42:17 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (There is a demand today for men who can make wrong appear right. Terrence, c. 160 B.C.)
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To: Nachum

In today’s world, everything is turned on its head. I have read that these Chinese muslims were judged to be a major risk by the group studying the prisoners but that Obama wants them released and gave orders to change the evaluation. True? Can’t be sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were.


12 posted on 04/24/2009 8:42:57 AM PDT by AZFolks
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
The Chinese want these guys back. Maybe they should threaten to just not show up for the next treasury bill auction until we extradite them.

My daughter has a few contacts on the Mainland and speaks decent Mandarin. Maybe I'll have her pass along this suggestion.

13 posted on 04/24/2009 8:46:55 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
place in the administration? possibly HS?
14 posted on 04/24/2009 8:48:11 AM PDT by peace with honor
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
Not long after being granted access to TV, some of the Uighurs were watching a soccer game. When a woman with bare arms was shown on the screen, one of the group grabbed the television and threw it to the ground, according to the officials.

I hope their new neighbors don't use that as an excuse for not inviting them to superbowl parties.
15 posted on 04/24/2009 8:51:03 AM PDT by posterchild (Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

But them in a blue county.


16 posted on 04/24/2009 8:51:21 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Do they get free housing and food stamps? I presume so. And Public Defenders if they run into any trouble.


17 posted on 04/24/2009 8:59:43 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: a fool in paradise

Just put them back where we found them if we’re going to release them.


18 posted on 04/24/2009 9:33:23 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("Ah! but it was something to have at least a choice of nightmares.")
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Will BHO take the blame when they start using all they learned from other prisoners?


19 posted on 04/24/2009 9:35:54 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (beware the alliance of the left and the jihadis)
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To: VanShuyten

Do we have to stop the plane?


20 posted on 04/24/2009 10:13:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

No, he will blame Boosh for agitating them.

He will fall on the old stage excuse, “Did you get a load of how bad that guy was who got on before me? HALFWAY through MY act, they remembered how bad he was and started booing ‘em!!!”


21 posted on 04/24/2009 10:14:49 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: AZFolks

Recall too that Clinton pardoned several Weather Underground members who were convicted of a 1980s bank robbery. He did that on his way out of office. Also pardoned Puerto Rican terrorists.

But we aren’t supposed to believe they are pro-terrorist.


22 posted on 04/24/2009 10:17:28 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: ScottinVA

China doesn’t want them back. They’re Urghurs.


23 posted on 04/24/2009 2:59:37 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Shouldn’t this be in breaking news?


24 posted on 04/24/2009 7:08:58 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: keats5

I did think about that, but I’ve never put a post in Breaking News before. I couldn’t figure out how you do it. :~(


25 posted on 04/24/2009 7:37:04 PM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (There is a demand today for men who can make wrong appear right. Terrence, c. 160 B.C.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett; moder_ator

Moderator, could you please put this in “Breaking News”?


26 posted on 04/24/2009 8:31:11 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

More insanity from the 0bamination.

If we thought, even THOUGHT, they belonged at Gitmo, then the last place on the planet they should be released is inside our borders.

Does this ROOKIE, TRAITOROUS administration have ZERO sense?? Oh wait, that’s exactly what they have. ZERO’s sense.

It is so past time to stock up.


27 posted on 04/24/2009 9:19:50 PM PDT by BagCamAddict ("Wolverines!!")
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Will their reparations be paid in yuan or dollars?


28 posted on 04/24/2009 9:21:47 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (What did Obama's Teleprompter know, and when did it know it...)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
We can't send them back to China. The Chinese government might, ah... waterboard them. Yeah... that's what the Chinese do to terrorists. They waterboard them.

Of course, their waterboarding is a little different. They use guns and bullets instead of water and a board. But it's still applied to the face. So it's basically the same.

Then again, the terrorists might luck out, and get sent to a happy camp, called a laogai. It's much nicer than Guantanamo, because the Chinese, like the rest of the world, are so vastly morally superior to us. Google the word 'laogai' if you're unfamiliar with their resort like accommodations. When you run places like those, it's no wonder that President Obama is bending over backwards to not offend your delicate sensibilities.

29 posted on 04/24/2009 9:22:02 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (Oh, well. Back to the drawing board....)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

I hear there is a house available on the South side of Chicago.


30 posted on 04/24/2009 10:31:49 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: BagCamAddict

Well, we have to be liberal now, apparently. So we have to prove to the world that America is living up to our highest ideals. So we have to close Gitmo and resettle some of them in America, so Obama can brag how liberal we are to the Move on.Org crowd.


31 posted on 04/24/2009 11:10:40 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Steel Wolf

In other words, we will see the Chinese detainees again soon as a part of the next ‘Body Worlds” traveling exhibit?

http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.html


32 posted on 04/24/2009 11:23:30 PM PDT by Gemsbok (If wishes were horses, than beggars would ride)
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To: A_Former_Democrat; RaceBannon; StarFan; stanz; Dutchy; NautiNurse; kristinn; Doctor Raoul
Perhaps some of my lib friends would like to take them in

Sign seen at the Hartford, CT April 15th Tea Party:


33 posted on 04/24/2009 11:38:31 PM PDT by nutmeg (DemocRATs: The party of tax cheats and other assorted crooks)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Send them back to China... the ChiComs won’t take more than 1 or 2 days to put a bullet in them.


34 posted on 04/24/2009 11:44:12 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
I do not think our country will last until 2012 with these kinds of policies of the “O”.

I think that is exactly what Soetor0bama has in mind.

35 posted on 04/24/2009 11:48:43 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: nutmeg

Great sign! Most of all, it’s great to see CT residents energized these days. Keep up the great work.


36 posted on 04/25/2009 12:18:22 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Blagojevich: a mediocre megalomaniac)
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To: BagCamAddict
If we thought, even THOUGHT, they belonged at Gitmo, then the last place on the planet they should be released is inside our borders.

Be reasonable. I'm sure these participants from the other side of the "Overseas Contingency Operation" are as loyal to the United States as the former US Senator who wants to bring them here.

Another consideration is that Bush made many mistakes. I doubt that these guys are more likely to be actual terrorists than Obama's close friend and mentor Ayers is. Are they more likely to hate our country than the neosocialist in our White House is?

The way to get the world on our side is to show so much weakness that no one will fear us. Then those who are currently our enemies won't feel a need to be strong either. "Islam" means submission, and once they see that we are ready to sumbit, everyone will be safer. Best of all, as we all submit to Sharia together, think of the time women will save on shopping:

37 posted on 04/25/2009 4:21:47 AM PDT by TurtleUp (Turtle up: cancel optional spending until 2012, and boycott TARP/stimulus companies forever!)
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To: nutmeg

Great sign. It’s a shame ‘terrorists’ is misspelled.


38 posted on 04/25/2009 4:30:38 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: ScottinVA; My hearts in London - Everett; a fool in paradise

>>>>> And they’re not being repatrioted to their home country because...???????? <<<<<<

Because China wants to try them for terrorism. And some yoyo in our government has been convinced they won’t get a “fair trial.”

That is literally the truth.

Their entire argument regarding their detention at Gitmo was that they were training in Afghanistan to fight (aka terrorize) the Chinese government and not Americans.


39 posted on 04/25/2009 4:31:54 AM PDT by angkor
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To: My hearts in London - Everett
But other officials and human rights organizations insist they pose no threat to Americans.

Good. They should adopt them.

40 posted on 04/25/2009 4:40:00 AM PDT by csvset
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Because China wants to try them for terrorism. And some yoyo in our government has been convinced they won’t get a “fair trial.”

There are a few times when the efficiency of the Chinese government deserves praise. This is one of those times. Too bad we couldn't let China deal with all of the Club Gitmo detainees in the same manner.

41 posted on 04/25/2009 4:40:47 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

I’ll accept them into my gun range. We’ve never had live targets before.


42 posted on 04/25/2009 4:49:21 AM PDT by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: oldbill

They will be citizens and voting Democrat by next year.
yes, and they will be on Oprah selling ther book too.


43 posted on 04/25/2009 4:50:56 AM PDT by sonic109
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Sometimes I feel like I have crossed over into an alternate universe. This is akin to releasing rattlesnakes and scorpions into your house. Beam me up Scotty.


44 posted on 04/25/2009 5:15:00 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: sonic109

They will do reconnaissance for the next 9/11.


45 posted on 04/25/2009 5:45:48 AM PDT by pleikumud
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To: pleikumud

I’ll hold Obama personally responsible for any pain and suffering for the next attack..He owns it now.


46 posted on 04/25/2009 5:58:51 AM PDT by sonic109
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To: a fool in paradise

“too dangerous for these Muslims to return home”
——they have in effect, already “returned home”, courtesy of the new Administration. Thanks for these
“New Americans”, another little piece of the “glorious mosaic”. As a lot of FReepers say on their replies:
we are so screwed.


47 posted on 04/25/2009 6:05:32 AM PDT by supremedoctrine (The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity---Yeats)
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

An outrage an hour these days. Where is my country?


48 posted on 04/25/2009 6:30:21 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

I keep looking for the satire keyword.


49 posted on 04/25/2009 6:31:01 AM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: penelopesire

Keep pushing you representatives . I write and call all the time..I tell them they are closely watched and when re election time comes those who follow Obama will be looking for work.


50 posted on 04/25/2009 6:39:00 AM PDT by sonic109
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