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Uruguayans frustrated by protest of ex-Guantanamo detainees
AP via Yahoo ^ | 5/8/15 | By LEONARDO HABERKORN and PETER PRENGAMAN

Posted on 05/08/2015 8:41:48 PM PDT by Kartographer

Andrea Sastre doesn't mince words when it comes to the four former Guantanamo detainees camping in front of the U.S. Embassy in an increasingly bitter protest. Their grievances run the gamut, from demands that America compensate them to frustration over not being able to subscribe to Netflix in their adopted home.

"As a Uruguayan, I'm annoyed at these men," said Sastre, a real estate agent. "They want a house. They want food. And they want it all to come from on high. It's a pipe dream."

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This is so funny. Arabic would be intercity Thugs! Gimnmedat!
1 posted on 05/08/2015 8:41:48 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer
This is so funny. Arabic would be intercity Thugs! Gimnmedat!

Yeah, it works for indigenous thugs, why not them? Maybe they need their own Jesse Jerkson.

2 posted on 05/08/2015 8:51:20 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: Kartographer

Gitmo Gotno. Uruguay Nopay. Mujahadeen Split the Scene.

It’s nearly haiku. Somebody help me fix it.


3 posted on 05/08/2015 8:52:24 PM PDT by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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A 9mm remedy to their complaints seems in order.


4 posted on 05/08/2015 9:19:06 PM PDT by Rockingham
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Their RAGHEADS, just kill’em.


5 posted on 05/08/2015 9:20:21 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 5th MEB
Incoming!


6 posted on 05/08/2015 9:33:37 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Kartographer
Two sentences tell you all you need to know:

Uruguay provides the men with housing and a monthly stipend of 15,000 pesos, about $600, which is more than what 40 percent of full-time Uruguayan workers earn each month, according to official estimates.

A local union involved in their resettlement says the men have declined several offers to work in construction, cooking and other manual labor jobs.

And, of course, they refuse to study Spanish, the language of their host country.

I'm not sure what the 40th percentile of U.S. workers earn, but suppose it would be something in the region of $35,000. There are plenty of places in the U.S.A. where a single man can live fairly decently on $35,000 per year, particularly when housing is provided.

I have no idea what withholding taxes are in Uruguay, but you've got to make about $65K in the U.S.A. as a single guy to get a take home of $35K PLUS pay for your own housing out of that.

7 posted on 05/08/2015 9:40:03 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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the men have declined several offers to work in construction, cooking and other manual labor jobs.

What? No jobs available as terrorists?

8 posted on 05/08/2015 10:34:40 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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DAMN; hope that ain’t aimed at me!
GOOD SHOOTIN, RightGeek.


9 posted on 05/10/2015 10:07:34 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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