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Germany Seeks to Avoid Taking Uighurs
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,629299,00.html | 06/08/09 | cgh — SPIEGEL
Posted on June 8, 2009 2:08:44 PM PDT by greatplains
US President Barack Obama had been hoping that Germany would take nine Guantanamo detainees deemed ready for release. But Berlin has presented a list of conditions — which likely can’t be met.
During his brief visit to Germany last week, US President Barack Obama told the gathered press in Dresden that, when it came to the possibility of Germany accepting some of the Guantanamo prisoners due to be released, concrete demands were not yet on the table.
DPA German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is opposed to accepting Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. “We have not asked (Chancellor Angela Merkel) for hard commitments, and she has not given us any hard commitments beyond having a serious discussion about (whether there are) ways that we can solve this problem” Obama declared.
Strictly speaking, that may be true. But according to information obtained by SPIEGEL, Germany has long since blocked the idea of accepting Guantanamo detainees — and has done so without having to issue an outright rejection.
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Qaeda suspect taken from Guantanamo to New York
Yahoo ^
Posted on June 9, 2009 3:50:08 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Qaeda suspect taken from Guantanamo to New York 11 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An al Qaeda suspect accused in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa was transferred from Guantanamo Bay to appear in a New York court on Tuesday, the Justice Department said.
Ahmed Ghailani will become the first Guantanamo detainee to go on trial in a civilian U.S. court. He was to make an appearance in federal court in Manhattan later in the day, the department said in a statement.
Ghailani, a Tanzanian who had been held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba since September 2006, arrived in New York early Tuesday under escort from the U.S. Marshals Service.
The Justice Department said he faced 286 counts, including conspiring with Osama bin Laden and other members of al Qaeda to kill Americans anywhere in the world, and separate charges of murder for the deaths of each of the 224 people killed in the August 7, 1998, U.S. Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
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http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/08/did-obama-fib-about-merkel-and-the-uighers/
“Did Obama fib about Merkel and the Uighers?”
POSTED AT 4:08 PM ON JUNE 8, 2009 BY ED MORRISSEY
Hat Tip: Jane at The Jawa Report:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/197895.php
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President Releases Terrorists - Ignores American Public, Congress In Release Of Uighurs
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 16:06
Washington, DC – Kirk S. Lippold, Former USS Cole Commander and Senior Military Fellow at Military Families United, released the following statement regarding the release of four Chinese Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Bermuda without trial. The four members of the Uighur ethnic group were captured on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and were trained at the al-Qaeda affiliated East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) Tora Bora camp. Military Families United has released a policy briefing on the Uighurs. To read the briefing via the MFU website, Click Here
“Today’s release of the Chinese Uighurs ignores the will of the America people and Congress, which have been clear in their opposition to the release of terrorists. Congressional opposition to releasing these terrorists has been loud and clear and in poll after poll the American people do not want to release the detainees at GITMO and allow them the opportunity to rejoin the fight like so many have previously done.
The Uighurs are members of a terrorist organization according to our own Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. They should not be freed without trial in Bermuda or anywhere else. The 4 released today were among 17 Uighurs trained at a terrorists’ camp in Afghanistan. Their relocation was rejected by several countries because of the threat they pose. Our world is more dangerous today because of the President’s actions. Justice was not served and this release continues the Administration’s dismantling of the war on terror.”
About Military Families United
Military Families United serves as the nation’s premier military family advocacy organization, representing Gold and Blue Star families throughout the country and their loved ones who wear, or have worn, our nation’s uniform. Military Families United was founded in the summer of 2008 as a not-for-profit, non-partisan 501c4 policy advocacy organization committed to supporting America’s troops and their families. We fight to ensure that the sacrifices of these families are not in vain by giving them a voice in Washington, D.C and state governments throughout the country. Military Families United engages Members of Congress, the Administration, and the general public in efforts to communicate the truth about our brave men and women in uniform and their mission to protect our freedom that cost many of them their lives.