Palau president: Gitmo detainees scared of China

AP ^

[Chet 99]

MELEKEOK, Palau (AP) — Some Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay are hesitant about accepting this tiny Pacific nation's offer to take them in because they fear it cannot shield them from China, Palau's president said Tuesday.

An American official in Palau described the concerns as unwarranted, pointing out that Beijing has no political influence over the island country. It was also unclear whether the detainees even have a say in where they will be resettled.

[Chet 99]

They’d be begging to go back to Gitmo if the ChiComs got a hold of them.

[null and void]

“An American official in Palau described the concerns as unwarranted, pointing out that Beijing has no political influence over the island country.”

Translation: They are safer from the Chinese in Palau than they would be in America...

[joejm65]

‘They’d be begging to go back to Gitmo if the ChiComs got a hold of them.’

Yes. China apparently knows how to deal with terrorists.

[pnh102]

I hope China bags these terrorists. At least if that happens we can be sure these terrorists will never again harm anyone.

[Islaminaction]

I would gladly hand them over to China myself.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

China apparently knows how to deal with terrorists.

Pay-per-view

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/uighurs/index

[joesjane]

I don't think china would try to exert political pressure, if they want to get them they could just send some ninja down there to whack them ala james bond movie style.

[Red Dog #1]

Isn’t it something how Obama is exploiting small/politically weak countries to satisfy his “progressive” backers?

[dennisw]

I don't think china would try to exert political pressure, if they want to get them they could just send some ninja down there to whack them ala james bond movie style.

They would send Chinese frogmen out there in a submarine who would grab the Uighurs legs while they are out swimming and pull them under. Into the submarine where they get spirited back to China

[joesjane]

EXACTLY!

[dennisw]

Are you and me military geniuses or what!!!

[Cindy]

Google News (AP): Koror, Palau - "2 MORE UIGHUR DETAINEES AT GITMO HEADING TO PALAU" (SNIPPET: "Palau has offered 13 ethnic Uighurs held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba a chance to move there -- an arrangement that would ease President Barack Obama's plans to close the contentious facility. The men have been held by the U.S. since their capture in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2001.") (September 19, 2009)