A judge ordered four Frenchmen, returned to France after more than two years at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be kept in jail, judicial officials said Sunday.
"Can we go home now?"
"Non." |
The four — Mourad Benchellali, Imad Kanouni, Nizar Sassi and Brahim Yadel — were handed to French authorities Tuesday.
"We're done with 'em. You can have 'em back!"
"Oh, merci a heap!" |
Authorities here struggled for months to secure their release and are still negotiating the return of three other Frenchmen held at the lockup in Cuba. On Sunday, a judge ordered the four suspects jailed provisionally in France — a decision defense lawyers plan to challenge.
| "Hey! Youse can't do that!" |
After four days of questioning by investigators, the men were transferred to various Paris-area jails. They were still wearing clothes provided by U.S. authorities on their release — white T-shirts, baggy jeans and white curly-toed slippers tennis shoes, according to lawyers. The ruling followed a decision by anti-terrorism judges to place the men under investigation, a step toward formal charges. They are all being investigated for "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise," authorities said. Investigators suspect they frequented groups that planned terror attacks in Europe. Several of the men confessed to training in military camps where they learned to use explosives and weapons, officials said.
| Oui. You might want to look into that, mightn't you? |
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