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| 2003-08-07 | |
Washington has rejected a Kuwaiti request to permit the families of 12 Kuwaitis detained at Camp "X-ray" to visit their children at the camp, as Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah will begin next month an official visit to the United States during which he will seek the release of the detainees. "Sheikh Sabah will visit the US in September to negotiate with American officials the release of the 12 Kuwaitis held at the Guantanamo camp," Chairman of Parliament's Human Rights Committee MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei said after a meeting with Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah at the National Assembly Tuesday. He hoped Sheikh Sabah's visit will be a success. Committee member MP Abdullah Akash said US authorities have turned down a Kuwaiti request to permit a committee member or a representative from the families of the detainees to accompany a high-profile Kuwaiti security delegation which will visit the detainees at the camp in the next two weeks. He expressed astonishment over "this American inflexibility by rejecting this humanitarian request."
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Ahhh, come on, guys, don't be so cold-hearted! I hope the US changes its minds and lets the families visit. Then lock them in adjacent cells. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-8-7 1:51:00 PM |
| #4 The Kuwaiti Gitomdian supporters are floating the "family" thing for the sympathy vote, since nothing so far has worked at all. *yawn* |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-7 1:39:14 PM |
| #3 Need to keep the Gitmo "mystique" up as well as a deterrent |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-7 11:18:08 AM |
| #2 Forgot to include the obligatory warning that "the US is sitting on a powderkeg which, if it is not careful, could explode in its face." |
| Posted by: BH 2003-8-7 10:47:43 AM |
| #1 prolly a lot, family is a big thing over there |
| Posted by: dcreeper 2003-8-7 8:38:59 AM |