Detainee fears being shipped to Algeria (Gitmo guy doesn't want to be released)

Associated Press ^ | December 6, 2007 | Pete Yost

[Zakeet]

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday zeroed in on the problem of Guantanamo Bay in reverse — detainees in U.S. custody who want out but don't want to be sent home.

Ahmed Belbacha isn't happy to be at Guantanamo Bay, but neither is he happy about the alternative he says was chosen for him by the U.S. government, Algeria, where Belbacha says he'll be tortured.

Belbacha's lawyer, David Remes, asked a three-judge panel to block any plans the Bush administration might have for moving his client into Algerian custody until the Supreme Court decides a case covering all Guantanamo Bay prisoners.

[Snip]

There are other Guantanamo Bay cases with similarities to Belbacha's.

[Snip]

Guantanamo Bay isn't the only place where people in custody are resisting being sent somewhere else. Two naturalized U.S. citizens held in Baghdad and an Afghan held at the Bagram military base in Afghanistan are resisting efforts to turn them over to local authorities. On Friday, the Supreme Court will decide whether it will hear the cases of the two naturalized U.S. citizens.

[Zakeet]

A courtroom sketch reviewed and cleared for release by U.S. military officials shows
Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan (L) flanked by his legal team inside a
courtroom at Guantanamo Naval Base, June 4, 2007. Hamdan, who was born in Yemen
around 1970, has acknowledged working for bin Laden in Afghanistan for $200 a month
but denies he was a member of al Qaeda and has said he never took part in any terrorist
attacks.

[Popman]

Senator Rockefeller should put Ahmed Belbacha up in his mansion, if he is so concerned about their well being

[MNJohnnie]

Senator Rockefeller should put Ahmed Belbacha up in his mansion, if he is so concerned about their well being

You get my vote!

[george76]

Belbacha’s lawyer, David Remes, asked a three-judge panel

[Dutch Boy]

"Ahmed Belbacha isn't happy to be at Guantanamo Bay, but neither is he happy about the alternative he says was chosen for him by the U.S. government, Algeria, where Belbacha says he'll be tortured.

Interesting comment. Doesn't this allude to no real torture occurring at Gitmo? However, the Useful Idiots of this nation will never see that.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“Ahmed Belbacha isn’t happy to be at Guantanamo Bay, but neither is he happy about the alternative...” Who cares about his happy happy crappy rats ass?

[Popman]

Interesting comment. Doesn't this allude to no real torture occurring at Gitmo?

I guess he didn't get the meme from the Dhimmicrats at Gitmo

[snowman1]

He worked for Bin-Laden for $200 a month THAT MAKES HIM A MERCINARY who are not covered by any treaty since he is not part of any legitimate force, but is a terrorist no matter what he says.

[M Kehoe]

I've got two solutions regarding Mr. Belbacha's situation. Neither is mutually exclusive:
A. Start charging him room, and board.
B. Shoot him.

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[quadrant]

A solution exists to persuade the man to return to Algeria: a diet of pork three times a day as long as he remains at Gitmo.

[17th Miss Regt]

but neither is he happy about the alternative he says was chosen for him by the U.S. government,

What an unenlightened person! Does he not know that all cultures are equally valid and that it is illegitimate to criticize their customs? This is a failure of the government to ensure that he is properly multicultural.

Also, it depends on the meaning of the word 'torture'.

[truemiester]

Let him be Teddy Kennedys Cabana boy for a week.

What ever they have planned for him in Algeria wont seem so bad after all.

[M Kehoe]

This thread should have more "views."

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