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| Palauans not crazy about new neighbors either |
| 2009-06-12 |
| The decision by Johnson Toribiong, president of the obscure Pacific nation of Palau, to take in up to 13 Uighurs -- Muslim Chinese -- currently being held at Guantanamo is meeting some resistance from the general population. As ABC News' polling director Gary Langer points out, proportional to population, sending 13 Uighurs to Palau is like sending 188,993 Uighurs to the United States. The Associated Press reports that Fermin Nariang, editor of the Palau newspaper Island Times, has "been stopped in the streets of the capital Koror by locals venting their anger. 'This is a very small country ... and some are saying if the whole world doesn't want these folks, why are we taking them?' Nariang said. The government has 'fumbled the ball on this one.'" Yesterday the Justice Department announced that it had released six detainees. Four have been resettled in Bermuda, though as ABC News' Kirit Radia reported yesterday, British government officials are "pissed," according to a senior State Department official, saying they were not adequately consulted. The UK provides for Bermuda's defense and foreign affairs. The Obama administration released another detainee in Iraq this week while a sixth was sent to Chad. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > CHINA DEMANDS RETURN OF UIGHURS/17 UIGHUR DETAINEES HELD AT GUANTANAMO. PRC demands the US to NOT be transferring any anti-Beijing/PRC Militants to third-party countries. * MVARIETYNEWS/STARS-N-STRIPES > PALAU: GITMO PLAN NOT LINKED TO COMPACT [Compact of Free Association aid]. Palau desires to prove it is a "good strategic partner" to the USA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-12 22:32 |
| #9 ION WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC HONG KONG MEDIAS: CHINA MUST BE READY TO FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE COASTS AND CHINA SEAS. CHIN is increasing its pan-Service military deployments = pro-alignments in HAINAN, FUJIAN, and ZHENJIANG. US MILITARY-LED RECONNAISANCE IN CHINA'S CHINA SEA TERRITORIES MAY NOW BE CONSIDERED FORMAL ACTS OF CHALLENGE AND MIL PROVOCATION AGZ CHINA BY THE USA REQUIRING IMMEDIATE PLA-LED CHIN RETALIATION. * SAME > US-NORTH KOREAN WAR? CHINA MUST WARN THE US-ALLIES TO AGZ ANY "ACCIDENTAL" MILITARY STRIKES AGZ PLA UNITS AND MILITARY MONUMENTS INSIDE NORTH KOREA. IFF NECESSARY, CHIN SHOULD SEND LARGE PLA FORCES INTO NORTH KOREA TO DETER US "ACCIDENTAL" STRIKES OR MIL ACTIONS AGZ CHIN ASSETS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-12 19:56 |
| #8 Its called the OWG ISLAMIST-JIHADIST SUPER-STATE [Nukulaar?]. Radical Islam is, among other, out to establish a GLOBAL/GEOPOL ISLAMIC SUPERPOWER. One cannot RISE to power unless someone else FAILS. Lest we fergit, WOT > ANTI-STATUS QUO WAR TO THE DEATH, includ WAR OF DOMINATION, ENTRENCHMENT, ETAL. At this time, the COMMIES + ISLMAISTS are riding the shirt-tails of US foreign policy decisions in the GWOT to propagate their movement's influence and power. ONCE RADICAL ISLAM IS SUCC NUCLEARIZED, + THE US IS DEFEATED OR SUBORNED, THE HONEYMOON = LOVEFEST BETWEEN ANTI-US SECULAR LEFT + RADICAL ISLAM WILL BE [Rush-Limbaugh]"HISTOIRE'"! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-12 19:48 |
| #7 As ABC News' polling director Gary Langer points out, proportional to population, sending 13 Uighurs to Palau is like sending 188,993 Uighurs to the United States. They must have an island for them. I can't see any reason for them introducing 13 pissed off people into their population for fun |
| Posted by: Hupomosh Turkeyneck4809 2009-06-12 19:38 |
| #6 Global warming will take care of that |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-06-12 18:05 |
| #5 Just so you know some group on Kaua'i has asked the Gov to volunteer to take the Uigers a) because it's "aloha" and b) for the $200M. They forgot c) we don't have a shooting range...... |
| Posted by: Elmotch Big Foot7101 2009-06-12 18:03 |
| #4 and some are saying if the whole world doesn't want these folks, why are we taking them? Because there is a big-ass pile of foreign aid money that just happens to come along with the deal? Purely a coincidence, I'm sure. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-06-12 12:01 |
| #3 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-06-12 11:57 |
| #2 Plus, they can't swim. Hint hint. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-06-12 10:55 |
| #1 Don't worry Palau. They are loving muslims. They will leave your island paradise a train wreck and go fight a Jihad war only to be killed by a US made bullet. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-06-12 10:38 |