US eyes South Pacific to resettle Uighur detainees

Associated Press ^ | June 9, 2009 | MATTHEW LEE and DEVLIN BARRETT

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is nearing agreement with the remote South Pacific island nation of Palau to resettle a group of Chinese Muslims now held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, The Associated Press has learned.

As they attempt to fulfill President Barack Obama's order to close the Guantanamo facility by early next year, administration officials are looking to Palau to accept some or all of the 17 Uighur detainees due to fierce congressional opposition to releasing them on U.S. soil, officials said.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

HAH! Let’s hope they get the pig island

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(from wiki:)
Legend has it that Pulau Ubin was formed when three animals from Singapore (a frog, a pig and an elephant) challenged each other to a race to reach the shores of Johor. The animals that failed would turn to stone. All three came across many difficulties and were unable to reach the shores of Johor. Therefore, the elephant and pig together turned into Pulau Ubin whilst the frog became Pulau Sekudu or Frog Island.[1]

[AirForceMom]

That would have been my son, until the Air Force got ahold of him in 1998 ;), AF knocks the stupid right out of you.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

There is a followup about this at NRO. They said that Palau is where two seasons of ‘Survivor’ took place. The jokes just write themselves!