Surely the Chinese won't be able to track the Uighurs now. Unless the ChiComs have a Uighur-counter.
Posted on 06/09/2009 3:55:50 PM PDT by Starman417
The farce known as the Obama administration is now trying to bribe/extort a tourist destination to take the 17 al-Qaeda Uighers currently being detained at Gitmo.
Just when you thought they couldn't do anything more idiotic, they prove us wrong:
The Obama administration is nearing agreement with the remote South Pacific island nation of Palau to resettle a group of Chinese Muslims now held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, The Associated Press has learned.As they attempt to fulfill President Barack Obama’s order to close the Guantanamo facility by early next year, administration officials are looking to Palau to accept some or all of the 17 Uighur detainees due to fierce congressional opposition to releasing them on U.S. soil, officials said.
~~~Asked Tuesday about discussions with Palau on the Uighurs, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly declined to comment beyond saying the United States is “working closely with our friends and allies regarding resettlement” of detainees at Guantanamo. He said the department would not comment on talks with individual countries.
Two of the officials said the United States was prepared to give Palau up to $200 million in development, budget support and other assistance in return for accepting the Uighurs and as part of a mutual defense and cooperation treaty that is due to be renegotiated this year.
Hmmmm, almost sounds like a threat to me. Take the AQ members or we don't defend you no more.
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The Onion?
Hell, for $200 million they can come live in my house
Surely the Chinese won't be able to track the Uighurs now. Unless the ChiComs have a Uighur-counter.
What is the prevalent relgion on Palau?
Three quarters of the population are Christians (mainly Roman Catholics and Protestants), while Modekngei (a combination of Christianity, traditional Palauan religion and fortune telling) and the ancient Palauan religion are commonly observed. According to the 2005 census[12] 49.4% of the population are Roman Catholics, 21.3% Protestants, 8.7% Modekngei and 5.3% Seventh-day Adventists.
Wait until the muslims start their crap over there, they may end up in a volcano!
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