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2009-11-02 Southeast Asia

Muslim ex-Gitmo detainees face challenges in Palau

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Posted by tipper 2009-11-02 13:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The United States ~~taxpayer~~ is paying Palau a little less than $100,000 for each Uighur to cover housing, educating and food costs, Toribiong said.

Good luck with your WEE-gurs, Palau.

Posted by Woozle Uneter9007 2009-11-02 13:39|| 2009-11-02 13:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Announcing the decision to repatriate the Bangladeshis whose visas have expired, Toribiong said last week it has nothing to do with the Uighurs but is a reflection of his administration's commitment to the rule of law. "We follow the principles of justice and fairness," he said, adding that Bangladeshis with valid work permits have nothing to fear...The United States is paying Palau a little less than $100,000 for each Uighur to cover housing, educating and food costs, Toribiong said...Toribiong has stressed the Uighurs' resettlement is temporary, saying it could last "a few months or a few years."
Though they won't get Palauan passports, Toribiong says, the Uighurs will be free to leave Palauif they can find a country that will take them.

If only Obama's administration was as wise as Toribiong. This was brilliant negotiating on behalf of the Palauians. Can you imagine if the detainee's home country payed us to keep them in Gitmo?

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-11-02 14:16|| 2009-11-02 14:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Try $200 million or nearly $12 million per muslim.

Posted by ed 2009-11-02 15:19|| 2009-11-02 15:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Too bad they couldn't have been sold to one of the tribes of interior New Guinea. We could have even thrown in a great big cast iron cauldron.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-02 17:35|| 2009-11-02 17:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I have long advocated execution of any alien jihadi, caught in the 2001 crushing of Taliban-al-Qaeda. Those animals shouldn't be breathing.

Posted by Angusoting Stalin9280 2009-11-02 17:48|| 2009-11-02 17:48|| Front Page Top

#6 "And so it begins...".

Whatever LOCAL = INDIGENOUS/ETHINC RIGHTS ISSUES existed before, will slowly but surely oer time + politics take on a NEW FRONT VEE "MUSLIM/
ISLAMIST RIGHTS"

Muslim/Islamic versus Any Each and All Anti-, Non-Muslim/Islam, + EXLCUSIVE OF ANY CHINA-VS-USA, ETAL. REGIONAL GEOPOLITICS.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-11-02 17:48|| na]">[na] 2009-11-02 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 WMF > CATO VP TED CARPENTER: CHINA'S MILITARY MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS APPEARS INTENT ON OBSTRUCTING OR DENY STRATEGIC ACCESS TO THE USA IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND TAIWAN.

OTOH SAME > GEOGRAPHIC AND STRATEGIC FRONTIERS: CHINA PRES HAS APROXIMATELY 3.6MILYUHN KILOMETERS OF RICH TERRITORIAL WATERS WHOSE SOVEREIGNTY IT CANNOT ABSOLUTELY OR MILITARILY CONTROL.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-11-02 18:33|| na]">[na] 2009-11-02 18:33|| Front Page Top

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