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| 2009-06-11 | |
| Four Chinese Muslim Uighurs have been released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo and resettled in Bermuda, US officials said. They will not be allowed to enter the United States without prior permission, US officials said. They're as good as here. But Britain has told Bermuda, a UK overseas territory, it should have consulted London before accepting them. Beijing has demanded the return of all Uighurs held by the US forces to China.
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| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #7 Yes the Uighurs are Muslims but they do have a couple of good reasons to fight the Chinese... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/world/asia/28kashgar.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-06-11 22:12 |
| #6 :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-11 21:48 |
| #5 Just fly 'em back and forth between Bermuda and Puerto Rico on a chartered plane until someone 'accidentally' triggers the wormhole in the area. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-06-11 21:25 |
| #4 I can't see any upside for Bermuda in taking the Uigurs.None whatsoever. Bermuda hails removal from tax grey list |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-06-11 20:38 |
| #3 The Uighurs, in their own words The Obama administration has expressed its desire to relocate at least some of the current Uighur detainees to American soil. But the Treasury Department’s designation may complicate this effort, as at least ten Uighurs (including two who have been transferred to Albania) have openly admitted their ties to Abdul Haq, as well as another known ETIP/ETIM terrorist named Hassan Mahsum, who was killed in Waziristan in October 2003. As the Treasury Department’s designation notes, Haq became the leader of the ETIP/ETIM “following the death of the previous ETIP leader” - that is, Mahsum. The Uighur detainees admitted their ties to Haq and Mahsum during their testimony at combatant status review tribunals (CSRT) at Guantánamo. The Uighurs frequently professed their innocence, claiming that they were not targeting Americans and denying that they had anything to do with al Qaeda or the Taliban. But in the context of their denials the Uighur detainees also admitted to training at a terrorist camp in the Tora Bora Mountains. That camp was run by Abdul Haq and Hassan Mahsum, and was most likely supported by al Qaeda and the Taliban. Much more ... |
| Posted by: ed 2009-06-11 18:52 |
| #2 If the Chinese promised to rein in Kimmie I'd gladly give all the Ugglies back to them ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-06-11 16:43 |
| #1 I don't get it. Why not send 'em back to China if the Chicoms are such nice guys? It'd certainly be one less headache for us. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-06-11 15:29 |