Uh oh a little problem with Gitmo releases

[Miss America]

Foreign Office fury over settlement of Guantánamo Uighurs in Bermuda

The British Government responded with ill-disguised fury tonight to the news that four Chinese Uighurs freed from Guantanamo Bay had been flown for resettlement on the Atlantic tourist paradise of Bermuda.

The four arrived on Bermuda in the early hours, celebrating the end of seven years of detention after learning that they were to be accepted as guest workers.

But it appears that the Government of Bermuda failed to consult with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the decision to take in the Uighurs – whose return is demanded by Beijing – and it could now be forced to send them back to Cuba or risk a grave diplomatic crisis.

Bermuda, Britain's oldest remaining dependency, is one of 14 overseas territories that come under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, which retains direct responsibility for such matters as foreign policy and security.

read the rest here (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6480320.ece)

I don't think that this is the last of things like this that we are going to hear..

[Miss America]

What do you want to bet..that these guys end up on U.S. streets...

[Vaard]

so why doesnt britan pick these guys up, throw them in jail with no charges and let them rot for the next couple decades if they are so concerned?

its not like they have a constitution to worry about violating.......

[E7ALR]

This has all the earmarks of a State Department screw up.

[zantax]

so why doesnt britan pick these guys up, throw them in jail with no charges and let them rot for the next couple decades if they are so concerned?

its not like they have a constitution to worry about violating.......

They should just pick them up and send them back to China.

[Socrates]

Osama is having a good belly laugh in his cave.

[Vaard]

They should just pick them up and send them back to China.

no kidding, especially considering this......

The 17 were part of a group of 22 Uighurs allegedly captured by Pakistani bounty hunters in Afghanistan after the US-led invasion in October 2001 and taken to Guantanamo Bay the following year.

US authorities ruled four years ago that they were not involved in extremism and had gone to Afghanistan to escape persecution in China. Five of them were resettled in Albania but attempts to rehouse the others in the United States ran foul of public opinion

[Vaard]

Osama is having a good belly laugh in his cave.

US authorities ruled four years ago that they were not involved in extremism and had gone to Afghanistan to escape persecution in China.

[JerryN]

The Obamateur strikes again!

[Darkblade]

Osama is having a good belly laugh in his cave.hey! nice avie there :)

[cbc]

This administration just gets funnier and funnier.... combination of the keystone cops and the three stooges.

[fjccommish]

"its not like they have a constitution to worry about violating....... "

The Constitution doesn't say we can't hold enemy combatants. When uniformed soldiers, during declared legal wars, are held, you folks don't make a peep.

Why do you want more rights for illegal combatants than for legal combatants?

[Socrates]

US authorities ruled four years ago that they were not involved in extremism and had gone to Afghanistan to escape persecution in China.
This whole comedy of errors that is "closing Gitmo" is nevertheless cause for laughter among our enemies.

[Socrates]

hey! nice avie there :)
You were my inspiration. :lol:

[Miss America]

I was thinking that with these guys being relocated to Bermuda and others of their group to Palau...being a Chinese Muslim terrorist...has some perks...spend a few years at Gitmo..then the rest of your life on some tropical island paradise at the expense of the American taxpayers...heck...that might be better reward than a 4 year college degree...

[zantax]

US authorities ruled four years ago that they were not involved in extremism and had gone to Afghanistan to escape persecution in China.

That's not what China says.

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8095582.stm


China says the Uighurs captured by the US are members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which is on a UN list of terrorist groups.

[oldandtired]

"its not like they have a constitution to worry about violating....... "

The Constitution doesn't say we can't hold enemy combatants. When uniformed soldiers, during declared legal wars, are held, you folks don't make a peep.

Why do you want more rights for illegal combatants than for legal combatants?

It makes them feel warm and fuzzy about themselves.

[oldandtired]

These people are POW's. Take it or leave it, they are POW's.

GITMO became a political card and nothing more...and even republicans are now forced to call for its closing thanks to the left pushing the issue...and for absolutely no reason other than some OTHER countries want us to close it.

Sad what we have become.

[VCaddy05]

so why doesnt britan pick these guys up, throw them in jail with no charges and let them rot for the next couple decades if they are so concerned?

its not like they have a constitution to worry about violating.......

were these guys US citizens???

[Socrates]

That's not what China says.

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8095582.stm
Yeah, well...China isn't exactly all about due process and the like. :lol:

[fava]

Smarter foreign policy? Smarter than whom? Daffy Duck?

[bryan92]

We need a detention Czar.

I didnt read all the replies. If someone already came up with this gem, I'm sorry.