U.S. Releases 14 Saudis From Guantanamo

[Eugene]

(Associated Press)

U.S. Releases 14 Saudis From Guantanamo

Saturday, June 24, 2006

(06-24) 09:32 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Fourteen Saudi Arabians were released on Saturday from the detention center
at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transferred to their home
country, the Pentagon said.

One was released because U.S. officials determined the detainee was no longer
an enemy combatant. The other Saudis were released after an administrative
review process determined they could be transferred.

The releases bring to 310 the number of detainees who have departed Guantanamo
to other governments, including Albania, Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain,
Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden and Uganda.

About 450 detainees remain at Guantanamo, including 120 who are considered
eligible for transfer or release. Decisions in those cases depend on
discussions between the United States and other nations.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/24/national/w091323D59.DTL

[MercutioATC]

1. "no longer an enemy combatant"????

What does that mean?

[AlamoDemoc]

2. That means they were innocent all along

[benburch]

4. And we have been torturing innocent people.

And if they were not our enemies before now...

[IndianaGreen]

6. They accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour

Inside every Al-Qaedian, there is an American struggling to come out!

:P

[Hestia]

3. I would not be surprised that these people are later linked to any

terrorist act in the future. Will they be justified? I don't believe in an eye for eye, but that doesn't mean they don't. What have we created?

[grytpype]

5. Well, if they didn't hate America before, they sure as shit do now.

I know if I was kidnapped by Canadian agents and held in a cage and tortured for four years, I'd hate Canada.

[Thickasabrick]

7. Good point. Same theory works on the whole bombing Iraq.

They will hate us for generations to come. Everyone who had close relatives killed in that carnage is a potential Osama in the future. Shrub has managed to fuck us up along with our kids and grandchildren for the future.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Transferred?? Transferred to WHERE?

The other Saudis were released after an administrative
review process determined they could be transferred.

BushCo/PNAC: So many secrets, so little time. Yet, if it makes for attention to raise poll numbers, (as in "terrorist plot" re: Sear Tower, etc.), most, if not all, info is released.

I cry for our nation...for what we were, and what the thugs have been allowed to let it become.

[spag68]

9. Saud's

What is wrong with you people? It's not like any Saud's had anything to do with tarriest activity.