Ireland to Take Two Guantanamo Inmates

AP ^ | July 29, 2009

[Cheap_Hessian]

DUBLIN -- Ireland has agreed to accept two inmates from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday.

Ahern said the two men belong to a group of about 50 inmates who are "no longer regarded as posing a threat to security but who cannot return to their own countries." He declined to identify them, but other officials confirmed that both are from Uzbekistan and seized in neighboring Afghanistan in bitterly disputed circumstances.

Ahern's announcement came as he met newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Dan Rooney following a visit last week by Irish officials to Washington and Guantanamo.

Six months ago, President Barack Obama announced his intention to close the 8-year-old military prison and asked European countries to help find new homes for released inmates.

Several European countries have committed in principle to taking Guantanamo inmates but only France has said it will accept a specific detainee. Other European governments stress that they shouldn't be expected to do much until the Obama administration delivers a plan to close Guantanamo that can resolve an array of legal and political obstacles at home, particularly grassroots opposition to permitting any resettlements on American soil.

Ahern said the men's identities, travel details and locations of new residences would be kept secret. He said they would receive permanent residency rights and would not be treated as refugees, a legal status that would allow them to work and move freely.

[allmost]

Check the link.

[Gay State Conservative]

The Gitmo alums and the IRA-types should get on like a house on fire.

(Literally and figuratively)

[allmost]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gLNd1mczZjvuCvSby8j0YOWnSULgD99O37S82

[Cheap_Hessian]

Here it is. Sorry about that

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/29/ireland-guantanamo-inmates/?test=latestnews

[allmost]

One poster on FR sometime back made a comment. Something like ‘Barack Obama. The Johnny Appleseed of jihad.’

[thefactor]

so they are not a threat, but they cannot go home.

why not? will they BECOME a threat if they go home? if so, keep them.

if they will be in danger if they go home, send them home.

[allmost]

These guys know how to play the western system. It’s candy compared to where a lot of them are coming from.

[Godwin1]

The Irish Republic is notoriously soft on terrorists and terrorism. Former IRA killers stride arrogantly about Dublin and are interviewed by fawning journalists. Two more terrorists among them will hardly caused a ripple. They picked two White guys , I notice, the easier to blend in.