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Obama asks Australia to take Guantanamo detainees
Reuters ^ | May 29, 2009

Posted on 05/29/2009 6:57:52 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States has made a new request for Australia to accept a group of detainees from Guantanamo Bay for resettlement, a government spokeswoman said on Saturday.

The request is the first by President Barack Obama's administration, which plans to close down the detention camp in Cuba within the next year.

Media reports have said the request involves a group of Uighurs from China's largely Muslim western province of Xinjiang. Beijing has reportedly been pressing Washington to return them to China, but U.S. officials have expressed concerns about their likely treatment there.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; bho44; detainees; gitmo
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1 posted on 05/29/2009 6:57:52 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Send them to the UN building in NYC.


2 posted on 05/29/2009 7:02:40 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Has he asked the Lilliputians yet?


3 posted on 05/29/2009 7:03:38 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What horrible things have the Australians done to us to deserve having these scummy murderous low-lifes foisted upon them?


4 posted on 05/29/2009 7:06:14 PM PDT by constitutiongirl ("Duty is ours. Consequences are God's."- General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Yeah, I bet Mr. Obama is making some really really solid friends in the international community by asking them to take the most violent terror criminals that were in our secure custody.

He is basically telling them that Nah,we don't want 'em any more! Here you have 'em.

Hey here's a thought, keep them in Guantanamo, Problem solved!

O doesn't want any egg on his face! That is what this is all about. He doesn't want his halo tarnished.

5 posted on 05/29/2009 7:06:56 PM PDT by R_Kangel (`.`)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

There are great places in the bush in Australia where they can be sent .... Oh yeah ....


6 posted on 05/29/2009 7:07:16 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And Australia replied “pound sand”?


7 posted on 05/29/2009 7:15:30 PM PDT by toomuchcoffee ( Yeah, I'll help you buy some real estate)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hope the Aussies tell him where he can shove his detainees (Islamofascist terrorists).


8 posted on 05/29/2009 7:16:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Gibbs needs to be "exceedingly careful" when threatening the American people.)
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To: Paladin2

Send them to the UN building in NYC.
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That’s the best idea I’ve heard to date.

I’ll make a suggestion. Send them to Barney’s Frank.


9 posted on 05/29/2009 7:18:30 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What a posterior orifice. I think he has carter’s balls. Very small balls.


10 posted on 05/29/2009 7:19:02 PM PDT by Rannug
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Aussies should tell Obambi to go scratch just like the Eurotwits.

Eric Holder was joking about letting them loose in hotels on his trip to Europe.
He’s not laughing now.


11 posted on 05/29/2009 7:20:31 PM PDT by romanesq
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To: Free ThinkerNY
So we ship them from a little Island to a really big Island?

Exactly what does that do except make Obama look like he did something? An old Navy Guy that used to work for me called it “Nonproductive Busy Work”.

12 posted on 05/29/2009 7:21:03 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (One Man's Messiah is another Man's Fuhrer...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Not Scrappleface?!


13 posted on 05/29/2009 7:21:17 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wallaby, wallaby, wallaby, Uighur!


14 posted on 05/29/2009 7:21:35 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (doubleplusungood)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hope the Aussies ask for the South in return. I think “United States of Australia” would have a much nicer ring to it, don’t you?


15 posted on 05/29/2009 7:22:23 PM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why should this be Australia’s problem??? This is Barrick’s baby...He needs to turn them lose in Chicago or Washington DC...


16 posted on 05/29/2009 7:22:36 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Turn them loose in Alabama. Announce that there is a $1000 bounty on them. There is no bag limit. They hate Col. Sanders and NASCAR. Problem solved in 24 hours.


17 posted on 05/29/2009 7:30:18 PM PDT by Concho ( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

A nice community service job in San Fran might be the ticket, or perhaps some floor scrubbing in a federal prison (the traveling toothbrush toilet team?)


18 posted on 05/29/2009 7:41:11 PM PDT by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Drop them off at Ayers Rock and let them walk out.


19 posted on 05/29/2009 7:56:42 PM PDT by nina0113
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Nachum

Ping.

Air drop them into the outback.


20 posted on 05/29/2009 7:58:57 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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