European nations consider taking Guantanamo detainees

[Adsos Letter]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half dozen European countries are considering resettling detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a gesture to the incoming Obama administration, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Citing senior European officials and U.S. diplomats, the newspaper said European officials have put out tentative feelers to President-elect Barack Obama's team. But Obama advisers said they could only discuss the issue after the January 20 inauguration.

Only Germany and Portugal have acknowledged publicly that they are considering resettling the detainees, the newspaper said.

European nations refused repeated requests from the Bush administration to accept Guantanamo detainees, it added.



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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[PSPS]

2. Let's hope there are some survivors left after bush is run out of town.

And what about those hidden away in bush's workdwide network of secret gulags?