Portugal offers to take Guantanamo detainees

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Source: AP

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — European Union countries should offer to take in any detainees released from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, Portugal's foreign minister said in a letter published Thursday.

Portugal is willing to grant asylum to Guantanamo detainees who cannot return to their home countries, Foreign Minister Luis Amado said in the letter sent to his EU counterparts ...

Amado said the EU "should send a clear signal of our willingness to help the U.S. government resolve this problem, namely by taking in the detainees," according to the letter ...

The letter was posted Thursday on the Portuguese government's Web site. It was sent to the EU foreign ministers Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

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[aquart]

1. Oh, those kind people!

[groundloop]

2. Maybe that's where I'll move....

if (heaven forbid) Sarah Palin ever reaches the white house.

[nc4bo]

3. Why do we (or anybody) refer to them as "detainees"? And in the same sentence

mention they are being detained/housed in a US Military prison, some having been there for several years.

Call them by their truthful name, prisoners and quite a few imprisoned there without any proof of wrongdoing which would make them innocent.

It's not just this Portugal article, I see it like this quite frequently whenever we bring up the topic of Gitmo.

ETA: Thank you Portugal, didn't mean to not express sincere gratitude.

[Soylent Brice]

4. will they take * and darth also?