Row erupts over Guantanamo deal ( Bermuda taking Uighurs - Britain hollers )

BBC ^ | Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:10 UK 21:10 GMT | BBC Staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The UK expressed concern about the transfer of the Uighurs

A diplomatic spat has broken out over Bermuda's acceptance of four Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.

The UK has told Bermuda, which is one of its overseas territories, that it should have consulted London before agreeing to resettle the Uighurs.

The four were among a group handed over to US forces in Afghanistan, but later found not to be "enemy combatants".

Beijing has demanded the return of all Uighurs held by the US forces to China.

The four who were sent to Bermuda were part of a group of 17 Uighurs still at Guantanamo.

Earlier in the week the Pacific island of Palau had also agreed to take the detainees.

[Boardwalk]

Note to self: Take Bermuda off vacation list. Bummer as its a quick trip and nice early spring late late fall tryst from the Boston area.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

CHINA'S UIGHURS

Ethnically Turkic Muslims, mainly in Xinjiang

Made bid for independent state in 1940s

Sporadic violence in Xinjiang since 1991

Uighurs worried about Chinese immigration and erosion of traditional culture

China demands US return Uighurs

[snippy_about_it]

On Fox news tonight they said Hillary forgot to speak to the Brits about it. Forgot eh? Oops.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!

[joejm65]

‘On Fox news tonight they said Hillary forgot to speak to the Brits about it. Forgot eh? Oops.’

No problem. Nobama will phone the Brits, tell them ‘I won’, and that’ll be the end of it.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Whoopsy!

[avital2]

let’s see: O has ticked off Merkel, Sarkozy, the Brits, the Queen, Israel...and it’s only June.

[Shermy]

Merkel’s on to Obama.

The others are still hopey about him and his muppie crowd.

[Boardwalk]

100 other countries said no to the gitmo terrorists. It was like when Stalone got tons of no thanks for the Rocky script and finally got a studio to sign not only his studio but him as the star of the movie.

[ataDude]

Does that mean we get a discount on the “unrelated” $200 million in foreign aid to Palau?

[Chode]

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

AS I understand it, Bermuda has a ‘no visa’ requirement for US travel, so once the Uighurs naturalize, they will be able to get on a plane and fly anywhere in the US.