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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-04 08:11 AM
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Rumsfeld implies some at camp may be held years
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/7951433.htm


Some at Guantanamo not tied to war crimes are still a threat, he said. He aims to send some home.
Posted on Sat, Feb. 14, 2004
By Carol Rosenberg
Philadelphia Inquirer National Staff


MIAMI - Some prisoners at the U.S. camp for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are not guilty of war crimes but are still a threat to national security and must remain imprisoned there or in their home countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.

Rumsfeld did not say how long the detentions might continue. But he said the Pentagon intended to create a panel to review prisoners' cases annually, implying that some detentions might go on for years. He also said the United States was negotiating with some countries in hope of sending some detainees home.

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sallyseven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-04 08:37 AM
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1. Isn't that interesting
What are we creating here. These people will be very unhappy and I am sure their relatives will not understand if they know where they are. That breeds discontent and rage against the US. I wish we had someone in charge that had an inkling of respect for people. I wonder how rummy, bushie, dickie would like to be held as terrorist at a camp like that for years. Maybe they should try it. After all they bombed the hell out of Iraq.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-04 10:37 AM
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2. Rummy is losing it...
Edited on Sat Feb-14-04 10:37 AM by Angel_O_Peace
or he already did.
Fromt he article:
...not guilty of war crimes but are still a threat to national security ...

OK, UNCLE! I give up! How are these people a threat to national security?? How does Rummy O'Psycho know this? When did the prisoners have a day in court to prove they are as evil as Rummy 'n' Friends? :grr:
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-04 11:41 AM
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4. Just like Saddam was a threat to our national security...
Rumsfeld is a criminal, what do you expect?
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-04 10:38 AM
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3. Rummy knows the camp has to stay open, so when he gets
dumped there it will be running smoothly.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-04 11:49 AM
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5. Absurd
If these people are so bad and guilty charge them with a crime and put 'em on trial. Holding people indefinently without charging them with a crime is simply wrong.
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