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Afghanistan
Nearly 60 Afghans being held at Gitmo home soon
2006-07-05
KABUL - Fifty-nine Afghan minor terrorists citizens being held at Guantanamo Bay for suspected involvement with the Taleban and Al Qaeda will be released and return home in the coming weeks, an official said Tuesday.

Thirty men who were held by the US military at Bagram Air Base -- north of Kabul -- were released meanwhile on Monday, said Mohammad Akram, from a government-appointed group working on reconciliation. Another 30 were due to freed from Bagram next week, he said.

The 59 would be returned from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in batches within the next few weeks, he said. “The people set to come from Guantanamo had (committed) minor crimes. They’ll be released soon after they arrive in the country,” Akram told AFP. “It will take few weeks, perhaps two to three weeks,” he said.

The releases were part of a government programme under which the United States has agreed to send home all 96 Afghan nationals being held in Guantanamo.
The remaining really bad guys will be stored at Ice Station Zebra.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  They'll probably claim that they're in danger of being tortured by the Karzai government, and will be granted asylum in the UK, complete with free housing and benefits.
Posted by: Kratos   2006-07-05 23:08  

#6  ...in other news today a USAF transport plane deployed bound for Afghanistan from Gitmo carrying 60 "former terrorists" lost power over the Atlantic Ocean and crashed into the sea. The only survivors were the pilot and co-pilot, both of who were equipped with GSP monitors, parachuets, and life vests. All others on board had been given Korans and a slab of bacon.
Posted by: Mark Z   2006-07-05 19:28  

#5  Oh goody! Now we can count the number of idiots who will return to Afghanistan, only this time to end as cannon fodder and dust.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-07-05 12:50  

#4  Probably be back out shooting at Brits, Danes, etc. within one month. I wonder if we get any real information from dupes like this, or is it just one fabrication after another ? If we don't profit at all, why not just change policy to no prisoners taken. Quit hauling them around and giving lefties a chance to bitch.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-07-05 11:39  

#3  Just tattoo a cross or a star of David on each of them and shove them over the border into Paki land.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-07-05 10:04  

#2  Who are going to be wondering where their next meal is going to come from. Especially, if the Afghan government 'holds' them till they're cleared.
Posted by: Slosing Glemble1381   2006-07-05 09:59  

#1  Fifty-nine Afghan citizens??

They were combatants. Lets not forget that little fact.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-07-05 06:49  

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