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.

[AirForceMom]

I’ll take them.

[rahbert]

Howland Is? French Frigate Shoals?

[theDentist]

Why not just push them out the front gate of GitMo and let Cuba handle them?

[GonzoGOP]

US eyes South Pacific to resettle Uighur detainees

I vote for Bikini Atoll. It has a great climate, plenty of room , good fishing, and when it comes time for dinner you just have to dig a hole and microwave your food right there. A perfect home away from home for jihad warriors everywhere.

[Clara Lou]

Hey— that’s a good cheap solution. I like it!

[jessduntno]

What’ll THAT cost us?

[Venturer]

Send me, send me.

Sounds great a tropical Isle . No telling how much we will pay them to take these bums. In reality they will only be there long enough to get in touch with their fellow terrorists and get a ticket out.

That Obama , what a brilliant guy, going around searching for a place to make these guys comfortable when he could save these guys a lot of time by getting ij toch with Al Quaeda and asking them where they want them sent.

[dirtboy]

Wonder if St. Helena is available? Or Devil’s Island? That’ll get ‘em pinin’ for the fjords...

[navyblue]

Instead of the South Pacific, how about the South Pole?

[mrmargaritaville]

They should either be tried via a military tribunal or handed over to the Chinese govt-they are Chinese afterall.

[Abathar]

I bet the natives are just thrilled to hear about their new neighbors moving in next door.

[Zhang Fei]

Why not just push them out the front gate of GitMo and let Cuba handle them?

That would work. The Cubans would sell them back to the Chinese.

[DonaldC]

“They should either be tried via a military tribunal or handed over to the Chinese govt-they are Chinese afterall.”

I was thinking the same thing.

[keepitreal]

Wow, terrorism really pays off these days:

Pulau

[keepitreal]

Woops Palau!

[hc87]

US eyes South Pacific to resettle Uighur detainees

Palau is seven degrees north of the Equator. How is that in the South Pacific? Nice headline AP.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

US eyes South Pacific to resettle Uighur detainees

We're going to wash them out of our hair?

[kjo]

They should be resettled in Detroit...near...say the intsection of Mack and Gratiot...give them guns...and I’ll bet they’ll still be dead within a week.

[FatherofFive]

How deep? I think about 500 feet would work.