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| Yemen urges U.S. to shut Guantanamo to win good-will |
| 2008-01-13 |
| About 100 Yemenis are being held at Guantanamo, making them the biggest group among the approximately 275 detainees there, according to Yemen's media. "I hope that the United States releases all those held at Guantanamo, based on the principles of human rights, freedom and justice upon which your country was founded," President Ali Abdullah Saleh told President George W. Bush in a letter. "I am sure that such an undertaking would draw a wide positive response from peoples and countries across the world," a senior Yemeni official quoted Saleh as saying in the letter. Saleh said Yemen would study charges against the detainees and prosecute them under Yemeni laws. A Yemeni official told Reuters that a security team from Yemen would visit Guantanamo and meet with the detainees in early February. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Now THAT would make some sense Now there is a fine rant! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-01-13 21:54 |
| #6 ok we will just shoot everyone at Guantanmo and close it. will that work? |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-13 09:46 |
| #5 Because nothing says goodwill like... Yemen. Yemen, the people's choice for moral arbiter. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-13 07:33 |
| #4 The appeal for goodwill would be more convincing coming from a country that was not the leader in supplying us with Guantanamo inmates. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2008-01-13 06:58 |
| #3 #2...I'm stealing that. Thanks! |
| Posted by: Titus Crineting6410 2008-01-13 05:18 |
| #2 How about peoples and countries across the world stop practicing racism, genocide, dictatorship, and other ills that the US has historically done more to end than anyone else, then apologize to the American people for the outrageous ingratitude they've shown in light of US efforts and sacrifices, then thank the US for expanding the reach of human rights and the rule of law, enabling and fueling global economic expansion and opportunity, providing huge economic and humanitarian assistance, favorable trade treatment, wide open immigration policies, life-saving and -improving technologies and medicines, and so much more. And they provide an extra thanks and words of praise for the astonishingly responsible, restrained, law-abiding, and well-intentioned US response to the insane criminal barbarism of global jihadists. Now THAT would make some sense, comport with the facts, and restore a tiny bit of dignity to Yemen and other countries who should be ashamed of their role in staining the march of human history. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2008-01-13 02:35 |
| #1 How about Yemen gives us the USS Cole bombers to show good will toward the US? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-13 01:37 |