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UK police release Guantanamo four
BBC World News ^ | 26 Jan 2005 | BBC News

Posted on 01/26/2005 1:46:29 PM PST by Cornpone

The four British men who returned home from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday have been released without charge by police.

Moazzam Begg, Martin Mubanga, Feroz Abbasi and Richard Belmar were due to leave Paddington Green police station on Wednesday night, Scotland Yard said.

They had been questioned by anti-terrorist officers in the UK after being held at the camp in Cuba for three years.

The men had been accused by the US of having links to al-Qaeda.

Family reunion

They are now being reunited with their families at a location of their choice, police said.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Shortly before 9pm four men arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 on January 25 were released without charge.

"This followed liaison between police and the Crown Prosecution Service."

He said the men had been interviewed by anti-terrorist officers after being arrested under section 41 of the act, which referred to the alleged involvement in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Mr Abbasi, 24, Mr Belmar, 25, Mr Mubanga, 32, all from London and Mr Begg, 36, from Birmingham, returned to the UK on Tuesday evening in an RAF plane.

Washington had claimed all four were "enemy combatants" who trained at camps run by al-Qaeda.

The Pentagon says they were freed after the UK government promised they would not be a threat to the national security of the US or any of its allies.


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To: Cornpone

The Pentagon says they were freed after the UK government promised they would not be a threat to the national security of the US or any of its allies.


Wink wink.


43 posted on 01/26/2005 6:15:59 PM PST by Just Lori (There! I said it!)
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To: kingsurfer

and how do you know this?


44 posted on 01/26/2005 6:22:52 PM PST by scoastie
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To: Yehuda

agree with you..I think some here are twisted in their thinking...


45 posted on 01/26/2005 6:29:34 PM PST by scoastie
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To: Cornpone

Usually you need things like evidence to actually hold people. I would guess that there is none. Real shame that a government can't just hold people, right? Just keep that in mind the next time the Democrats control the White House.


46 posted on 01/26/2005 6:49:11 PM PST by New Orleans Slim
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To: Yehuda
I think you are the confused one (and God bless your wife). Do you happen to have proof that these men killed anyone? If you do, present it.

If you don't, you are being as bloodthirsty as any Nazi: They should have debriefed them, deballed them and then shot them.

47 posted on 01/26/2005 7:06:43 PM PST by expatpat
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To: New Orleans Slim

the French do it all the time..they can hold up to 3 years, without charging...and often do..but no, the US cannot do that...


48 posted on 01/26/2005 7:39:03 PM PST by scoastie
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To: expatpat

say, just where were these scum picked up? Was it at home or on a street in Paris? And I am sure they were just minding their own business, sitting on their porch, when all of a sudden, the CIA showed up...just showed up...


49 posted on 01/26/2005 7:41:19 PM PST by scoastie
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To: Dave Elias
United Kindom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
52 posted on 01/26/2005 7:54:31 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: Yehuda

I hold no respect for the Islamists (as you note from my prior post), but objected to your bloodthirsty ranting. If they did not kill anyone, then you are way out of line. If they did, "deballing" is still an action worthy of a Nazi cc guard, not a civilized man. 'Playing victim' doesn't change anything, either. Oh, and by the way, your unattractive JA is going to remain unK'd.


53 posted on 01/26/2005 7:55:10 PM PST by expatpat
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To: scoastie
Well, at least you didn't suggest I kiss an unattractive Jewish ass! I have no respect for these Islamist a*holes, but do object to the bloodthirsty rantings of a guy who appears to be all mouth.
54 posted on 01/26/2005 7:59:51 PM PST by expatpat
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To: Cornpone

I thought the UK agreed to prosecute them in the UK if we released them ..?? What happened to that deal ..??


55 posted on 01/26/2005 8:12:16 PM PST by CyberAnt (Where are the dem supporters? - try the trash cans in back of the abortion clinics.)
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To: expatpat
but objected to your bloodthirsty ranting.

I'll second that!

57 posted on 01/26/2005 8:32:57 PM PST by MonitorMaid (It is not freedom which permits the Trojan Horse to be wheeled within the gates...)
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To: MonitorMaid

Obviously a line has been crossed for him (Yehuda), and that line was 9/11. He's not bloodthirsty, he's just wants all terrorists killed and fried in bacon fat. What's wrong with that?


58 posted on 01/26/2005 9:58:21 PM PST by Blowtorch
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To: Blowtorch

oh that's excellent...they can't get to Allah immersed in bacon fat...that is a great deterrent...wish we would really use that avenue...


59 posted on 01/26/2005 10:48:54 PM PST by scoastie
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To: expatpat

so deballing is worthy of a Nazi cc guard but not a civilized man..what do you consider these sons of satan anyway...surely 'civilized' is totally inappropriate..let' see..how about 'blood-thirsty' and 'inhuman'..for participating in jihad against America and willing to kill Jews and Christians and wishing to obliterate our way of life...there is no more 'civilized' to this anymore..it's just them or us..period...survival...get it?


60 posted on 01/26/2005 10:55:39 PM PST by scoastie
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