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Uruguay accepts US request to take five Guantanamo inmates
BBC News ^ | March 20, 2014

Posted on 03/21/2014 4:24:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

President Jose Mujica of Uruguay has said his country will take five prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba.

Mr Mujica said he had agreed to a request from President Barack Obama to take some of the detainees remaining at the controversial US military camp.

"The US president wants to solve this problem so he's asking several countries to host them and I told him I will," Mr Mujica told local media.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gitmo
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1 posted on 03/21/2014 4:24:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Bizarro administration has 2 more years of great decision making to go. This surely has to be a priority one mater that had to be taken care of before anything else. LOL, follow the $$$$ and lets see how long it takes for the 5 to get back into action against out troops.


2 posted on 03/21/2014 4:34:44 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (2016 an election or a coronation of a Queen?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How much are we paying him??


3 posted on 03/21/2014 4:39:52 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I pity the poor people of Uruguay. They did nothing to deserve this.


4 posted on 03/21/2014 5:10:45 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Host” them??? He should imprison them.


5 posted on 03/21/2014 6:15:51 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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