[Gimme]

"The State Department said they didnt keep track of dual citizenship, and also said that not all 8000 want to go to the US."

So the State Department doesn't know if these folks are US citizens? .. wonderful /sarcasm ON

[BurbankKarl]

Dual Citizenships...they dont keep track of Americans, Lebanese-Americans, etc

[conservative in nyc]

So the State Department doesn't know if these folks are US citizens?

No one is getting on any U.S.-chartered ship without a U.S. passport... Except this little one. From the AP:

The departure was delayed slightly because one passenger, 11-day-old infant Rawan Ali Mannoun, didn't have a passport. Her parents pleaded with embassy officials to allow them on the ship and in the end, a pass was issued for the infant. As her parents ran toward the waiting ship carrying Rawan those on the deck applauded.

[television is just wrong]

The U.S. does not recognize dual citizenships, not to say they don't exist.