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Uighur detainees from Gitmo to wind up in Bermuda!
Chicago suntimes.com ^ | June 11, 2009 | Chicago suntimes.com

Posted on 06/11/2009 5:50:41 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009 (202) 514-2007

WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888

UNITED STATES RESETTLES FOUR UIGHUR DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO BAY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA

WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced that four detainees, Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, have been resettled in Bermuda.

These detainees, who were subject to release as a result of court orders, had been cleared for release by the prior administration, which determined they would no longer treat them as enemy combatants. The detainees were again cleared for release this year after review by the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: bermuda; gitmo; obamatruthfiles; terrorists

1 posted on 06/11/2009 5:50:41 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Bermuda? Reminds me of Charlie Rangel's place.


2 posted on 06/11/2009 5:53:12 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: All
I saw MSNBC was breaking this story. So I did a search and found the Chicago Times story and now verified this.

OFFICIAL DOJ Webpage:United States Resettles Four Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Bermuda


3 posted on 06/11/2009 5:54:38 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

I heard we were paying Palau 200 million to take 17 of them off out hands.

China has offered to take them back. They even promised not to mistreat them (heh, heh). Sounds like a better plan to me. “We have some good news and some bad news. The good news is you can leave Gitmo. The bad news is, here’s your ticket home.”


4 posted on 06/11/2009 5:57:35 AM PDT by Hugin (GSA! (Goodbye sweet America))
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To: Servant of the Cross

No doubt the Attorney General has found them a job as bodyguards for a powerful American politician. Could Charlie be the one?


5 posted on 06/11/2009 6:02:48 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Hugin

If they’re going to Bermuda, they’re all going to need a new set of golf clubs.


6 posted on 06/11/2009 6:03:32 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Hugin

China is using the war on Islamofundamentalist terror as an excuse to paper over its repressive policy toward the Uighurs.


7 posted on 06/11/2009 6:06:59 AM PDT by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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To: Hugin

I guess Bermuda bid lower than 200 million.


8 posted on 06/11/2009 6:11:55 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: massgopguy

and a cell phone.


9 posted on 06/11/2009 6:12:22 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

They drive on the left. Look out !


10 posted on 06/11/2009 6:20:26 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

If you’re in the sand on 13 it’s not like Obama can get a hold of you by calling the club house.


11 posted on 06/11/2009 6:34:52 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

If you were stuck on an Island with Gitmo detainees what would you do?


12 posted on 06/11/2009 6:43:00 AM PDT by I Hate Obama (Just remember - if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.)
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To: I Hate Obama

Who is going to want to go on a beach vacation in Bermuda knowing at least four Muzzie terrorists are waiting to go ballistic against their bikini-wearing wife or girlfriend?


13 posted on 06/11/2009 6:50:14 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: I Hate Obama

Know that they would not even have dust on their sandals before they cought a plane out to where ever they wanted to go.


14 posted on 06/11/2009 6:51:07 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: I Hate Obama

REMEMBER China wanted them back but Obama played lawyer the ACLU way and God; and said no, he did not want them executed.


15 posted on 06/11/2009 6:53:09 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

“Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, have been resettled in Bermuda.”

Damn. You can’t even buy a house in Bermuda if you aren’t a citizen, yet they let in terrorists? Perhaps the good life has rotted their brains?


16 posted on 06/11/2009 7:30:04 AM PDT by monday
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To: monday

What is odd is no where in the report does it state that the prisoners will be incarcerated.


17 posted on 06/11/2009 7:49:28 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

and we are paying more than the country’s GNP to take them!


18 posted on 06/11/2009 9:38:27 AM PDT by Munz ("We're all here for you OK? It's a circle of love" Rham Emanuel)
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