Posted on 10/08/2008 3:43:00 PM PDT by Baladas
A federal judge yesterday ordered a small band of Chinese Muslims being held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison released into the United States by Friday, rejecting the Bush administration's contention that it could detain them indefinitely without cause.
was the first time a U.S. judge has ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee, and the first time a foreign national held at the facility in Cuba has been ordered transferred to the United States.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina issued his ruling in dramatic fashion from the bench in a packed courtroom, saying he was ordering the release of 17
Uighurs because the government provided no proof that they were enemy combatants or security risks. Under the order, the men will live with Uighur families in the Washington area until a more permanent situation can be found
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send them to San Francisco - it’s a sanctuary city
Have them sent to his neighborhood to be released...
I would have thought that it would take the Supreme Court to do something like this.
I can think of a more permanent situation for them.
How about western China where they came from?
Those federal judges have just got to stop that racial profiling.
Why doesn’t the government release them to live next door to the nice judge.
Woe to those who call right wrong, and wrong right
They deserve their end.
“How about western China where they came from? “
They can drink the milk there . . .
U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina issued his ruling in dramatic fashion from the bench in a packed courtroom, saying he was ordering the release of 17 Uighurs because the government provided no proof that they were enemy combatants or security risks. Under the order, the men will get their heavy belts back.
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