Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The Bermudan Uighurs: Obama Administration Hides Gitmo Prison Transfer From Brits
Stuck On Stupid ^ | June 13, 2009 | George

Posted on 06/13/2009 1:20:14 PM PDT by Quaker

The Uighurs Of Bermuda

The White House opted not to tell British authorities about a deal to resettle the four Chinese Uighurs (Guantanamo detainees) in Bermuda.

(Excerpt) Read more at stuckon-stupid.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: gitmo; obama; uighurs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

1 posted on 06/13/2009 1:20:14 PM PDT by Quaker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Quaker

Remember the old days when the British were our friends and Islamic extremists were our enemies? Now it’s the other way around.


2 posted on 06/13/2009 1:23:22 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by governments. You've been warned.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: popdonnelly

Typical muslim behavior from Obama. Lies and deception straight from the koran.


3 posted on 06/13/2009 1:27:27 PM PDT by jimbo123
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Quaker

Bermuda is a British territory. If I were the PM I would arrest all four of them, transfer them to the Tower and then send them to China. And arrange for the Ministry of Public Security to have a welcoming committee for them. And I would even pay the bill for the welcoming party. Let’s see, 36 cents divided among four of them....


4 posted on 06/13/2009 1:33:32 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: popdonnelly

That is exactly King Obozo is doing!!!!!!


5 posted on 06/13/2009 1:34:04 PM PDT by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: 17th Miss Regt

I like your thinking!


6 posted on 06/13/2009 1:43:29 PM PDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Quaker

Those guys sure look malnourished.
What, no flower necklaces to greet them?


7 posted on 06/13/2009 1:46:50 PM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 17th Miss Regt
"Bermuda is a British territory."

Which means - squat.

8 posted on 06/13/2009 1:47:54 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Obama is not my president until we see his birth certificate. A real one.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Quaker

And I read that these terrorists were accompanied by none other than Gregg Craig.


9 posted on 06/13/2009 1:49:32 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Quaker
The Uighurs have been seen shopping at a clothing store, they have been put up in a residence that many describe as idyllic and you would have to assume that someone has given them money or are paying their expenses.

I just wanna know who?

10 posted on 06/13/2009 1:49:39 PM PDT by Joiseydude (I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. Live free or die.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Quaker

Uighurs? I guess Eminem has escaped, but Vanilla Ice may still be in custody.


11 posted on 06/13/2009 1:52:18 PM PDT by x
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Quaker
Welcome to Fantasy Island! This is like taking them out of GITMO and sending them to Sandals.
12 posted on 06/13/2009 2:04:13 PM PDT by Califreak (All hail the Islamic Avenger!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AGreatPer; swarthyguy; Kenny Bunk

“Bermuda is a British territory.”

It’s also close to America, unlike Palau.

Why send 17 there but four to Bermuda?

And why such cushy travel?

I said before, I bet these are the best of the bunch. The ones least problematic. In about a year’s time the media will “find” these guys and use them as emblematic of Bush/American evils or inferiority.


13 posted on 06/13/2009 2:25:49 PM PDT by Shermy ("The whole world has financed the United States, ...they have a reciprocal debt with the planet.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Quaker

This is how we treat the Brits, who rushed to stand beside us after 9/11.

Words fail.


14 posted on 06/13/2009 2:38:39 PM PDT by Melian ("Now, Y'all without sin can cast the first stone." ~H.I. McDunnough)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Shermy; AGreatPer; swarthyguy
In about a year’s time the media will “find” these guys and use them as emblematic of Bush/American evils or inferiority.

Shermy, I am shocked, shocked I tell you, by your cynicism. Many Bermudan schoolchildren have expressed great interest in interacting with these guests and-soon-to-be-citizens. It seems you just can't get proper hands-on terrorist training in Bermuda nowadays, so these chaps do fill a need by performing jobs that Bermudans cannot handle on their own.

BTW, when the colorful and quaint Uighurs become British citizens, say in a month or two, that passport will open all of the EU to them. Also BTW, why didn't Team Obama think to notify London about this adventure in resettlement? I guess our leader is just so darn busy ....

15 posted on 06/13/2009 2:42:24 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Election 2008: Given the choice between stupid and evil, the stupid chose evil.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Quaker
Is it true that the US paid this tiny Island $200 million to take 17 terrorists from Gitmo?

How much is that apiece? More wasted taxpayer money!

16 posted on 06/13/2009 2:48:26 PM PDT by mickie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Quaker

I’m not so sure the British were really kept in the dark about this.


17 posted on 06/13/2009 3:01:46 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mickie

Yes that is what has leaked and only a tiny handfull of media is even reporting the story...

...residents there are also said to be very upset - total population of this tiny nation is only about 18,000 spread across a handfull of islands


18 posted on 06/13/2009 3:07:44 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child; Melian; Quaker

Pressed on whether the US had told the British government, an unnamed state department official was quoted as saying: “We did talk to them before the Uighurs got on the plane.”

Now a senior US official has told the BBC it was a deliberate decision not to consult London on the resettlement, after other countries came under pressure from China not to accept the Uighurs.

In a highly unusual move, a senior US official said Washington opted to keep details of the deal from London until the last minute to enable Britain to deny all knowledge of the deal and thus avoid China’s anger, says the BBC’s Washington correspondent Kim Ghattas.

The official said they expected London to be upset but added he felt the deal was made on solid ground, in direct talks with the Bermuda government, who accepted the men as part of guest worker programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8098341.stm


19 posted on 06/13/2009 3:13:43 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: 17th Miss Regt

Let’s see Palua is getting $200,000,000.00 for taking 15 gitmo releasees. How much are we paying Bermuds for 4?


20 posted on 06/13/2009 4:28:07 PM PDT by dvan (Send Them Home!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson