Posted on 06/13/2009 12:41:22 PM PDT by Son House
FOX News spotted the newly freed detainees at a guest cottage complex on the island without security or electronic monitoring, but their attorney said they will have to periodically check in with local police
The four of the Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, released to Bermuda from the Guantanamo Bay prison told FOX News that they are innocent, glad to be free and hold no grudges against the United States for their captivity.
"We are not terrorists," they told FOX News with the help of a translator. "We don't know what Al Qaeda is. We don't know Usama bin Laden.
The four, who range from 31 to 38 years old, also said they think life under oppressive rule in China, where they face persecution, is worse than life at Guantanamo.
Their attorney says the Uighurs are determined to stay in Bermuda as part of a guest worker program. There is a provision in that program that in limited circumstances allows guest workers to get Bermudian citizenship.
On Friday, some members of the Bermudan government who said they'd not been informed of the transfer questioned the wisdom of moving the inmates to the island located 640 miles off the coast of North Carolina, saying it could hurt tourism, which is Bermuda's chief industry.
But the Bermudan government defended its decision to take the Uighurs, whom the U.S. feared would face torture if sent back to China.
The Uighurs told FOX News that they plan to make their home in Bermuda, probably working first in some form of manual labor. They also may open a restaurant and look forward to swimming and fishing.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Now given the the congress refused to budget monies for the closing of Gitmo and relocation of the prisoners....
Just where did this money come from???
I figured we didn’t send them there because we felt they would be dealt with by the boys in Beijing. Could be wrong.
I do think sending any of the detainees we pick up in or around the battlefield are enemy combatants. If they are set free, Disney World, Palau, Cancun and Bermuda would not be on my list.
I would send them back to their respective government and let them deal with them. One exception would be Saudi Arabia. They would just rearm them and send them back in the field to fight us.
Hope our guys in Gitmo are not being duped by the prisoners. We some times just feel sorry for people and buy into their BS.
I’m sure I am wrong about that.
Thanks for sending earlier link.
I can’t believe this.
Take them out of GITMO and send them to Sandals?
I could swear I just read that he is planning to send about 100 detainees to Saudi Arabia. Not Uighurs, I think these ones are Yemeni.
I believe a couple have already been resettled there.
Heard the same thing. Someone wrote on another thread they were to attend something like an reeducation program/school. Training them I guess on not getting caught next time.
Like the other four that popped up on jihad vids (one of which went on to be the head of alQ in Yemen).
That’s hope and change.
Seen them on FOXNEWS channel, and they did look like they just camne from a Men’s Warehouse store, but skipped the barber, still had those scraggly beards
Read all about it here:
DIPLOMAT’S MURDERER RELEASED FROM GITMO
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/13/diplomats-murderer-released-from-gitmo/
Thanks, I did read that one as well.
Frak China, American state and federal prisons are worse than Gitmo.... =.=
“The men, who range from 31 to 38 years old, also said they think life in China, where they face persecution, is worse than life at Guantanamo.:
I’m sure the NY Times is putting that headline on page 1
http://www.bermudasun.org/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=41806
From reading the comments, it seems some of the citizens in Bermuda aren’t happy about this. It’s another obummer FU to the Uk. Our tax dollars get to buy them a house and set them up there. How lovely. FUBo you arrogant PIG.
Does anyone know how many millions we paid them to take these guys? I’m sure that “guest cottage” isn’t being paid for by the Bermuda government! They want to open a restaurant. So, how do they pay for that?
The lack of curiosity in today's journalism is amazing! This should have been the first information released - what they were charged with.
I just saw the links above - good info. Most journalists don’t care enough to wonder about their “crimes”.
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