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High court denies prisoner's efforts to stay at Guantanamo
I take it he's not a member of the Gitmo Poets Society...WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court refused to block the pending transfer of an accused terrorist held by the U.S. military, despite his fears of being tortured if he is sent back to his home country of Algeria. Tough darts, Ahmed. Get on the bus... Ahmed Belbacha has been incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for five years. He has tried to keep himself detained because he said he fears being tortured by the Algerian government if he goes home. But..I thought...this is very confusing. The justices, in a one-sentence order, denied his emergency request for a stay to any pending release. Dear Ahmed, Screw. The Justices Six other Algerians also face release from the Guantanamo prison. The U.S. military has been under pressure to speed the process of evaluating the approximately 360 detainees and freeing those who are not considered dangerous. The Pentagon has said about 80 Guantanamo men are eligible for freedom and has been negotiating with their home countries to accept them. Pentagon and State Department officials have said they would not repatriate any prisoner to countries where they would "likely" be tortured. Good luck, boys. Don't forget to write when your hands heal up... There was no immediate reaction from Belbacha's attorney, Zachary Katznelson. This is, like, really embarrasing. They laugh at me down at the club. His lawyer said last week that despite the conditions of the prison, his client would prefer to stay if that were his only option. "He said to me, 'My cell is like a grave.' He lives in an all-steel cell. It's about 6 feet by 10 feet; say, the size of someone's bathroom," Katznelson said. Hmmmmm...sound's "cozy"... Belbacha said he is not an international terrorist. He said he was an accountant for the Algerian government and said Islamic radicals threatened his life in 1999. He said he fled to Britain to escape the radicals and worked as a waiter. How would you like that cooked...INFIDEL! He later traveled to Pakistan to attend a religious school, he said, and was turned over to U.S. forces in 2002 by men seeking bounty money for alleged terrorists. Ah, yes. "Religious school" in Pakistan. Funny how that always seem to show up in these sob stories. Belbacha is afraid the stigma of being a U.S. military prisoner would make him a victim of Algerian government interrogation and abuse, his lawyer said. "Now that he's been in Guantanamo, the Algerian government may come after him," Katznelson said. Too bad ya ain't a Saudi, kid. They'd pick you up at the airport in a limo... The Algerian Embassy in Washington and the State Department refused earlier requests to discuss the appeal and Belbacha's claims. Probably too busy planning his Welcome Home party. Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-11 |
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