Guantanamo Britons in plea bargain deal - paper

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17422450.htm

LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Two Britons held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay will admit to supporting al Qaeda in a plea bargain deal to secure short sentences, according to Britain's Independent on Sunday newspaper.

Feroz Abbasi, 23, and Moazzam Begg, 35, were named by U.S. President George W. Bush last month on a list of the first six prisoners to face military trial.

The fate of Britons held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba has become a tense political issue, and this week Britain's attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, sought assurances from the United States that the pair would receive fair trials.

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1. Short sentences?

So we're not going to kill British citizens. Is that why Blair seemed to give up so easily when he sought extradition (if you can call it extradition from Guantanamo)?