Gates says Guantanamo trials lack international credibility (AFP)

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Gates says Guantanamo trials lack international credibility

2 hours, 31 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said
Thursday that trials of war on terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba lack international credibility because of the taint of past
treatment of detainees.

But Gates said "hard core" detainees who have vowed to attack
the United States should never be released and he suggested that
the Congress and administration consider passing laws to deal
with problem of their long term detention.

"My own view is that because of things that happened earlier at
Guantanamo there is a taint about it," Gates said.

He said he had pressed to get trials moved to the United States
"because I felt that no matter how transparent, no matter how
open the trials, if they took place in Guantanamo in the
international community they would lack credibility."

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070329/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamo_070329185904

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Earlier: Gates: Congress, Bush should discuss Guantanamo - Reuters

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