You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Europe
Gitmo's gotta go, sez Berlusconi
2006-02-24
ROME - The United States should close its Guantanamo Bay prison “as swiftly as possible,” Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was quoted as saying on Thursday, a week before meeting US President George W. Bush in Washington.

Berlusconi, one of Bush’s staunchest European allies, made the comment in an interview with Al Jazeera, in which he was asked if Guantanamo should be closed down. “Yes, I have spoken about it with many of my colleagues and I too think that these centres, where episodes have taken place that have been condemend by the whole world, must be closed as swiftly as possible,” said Berlusconi.
It's not possible right now. Thanks for asking.
The comments were contained in a transcript of the interview made available to ItalyÂ’s ANSA news agency. The interview, recorded in Rome on Tuesday, is to be broadcast by the Qatar-based channel on Friday.

Bush is to hold talks with Berlusconi at the White House on February 28.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  How 'bout we just move them fifty miles south?
Posted by: BH   2006-02-24 10:23  

#4  They are not criminals!
They are illegal combatants captured on a battlefield!
Under the Geneva Convention we are fully within our rights to have shot them on the field of battle.


Time for Rice to make a formal announcement to that effect with the stipulation that further comments will be the basis of determining American interests concerning the commentors.
Posted by: Whating Flager4285   2006-02-24 09:27  

#3  I have no problem closing it.

Announce it's closing in two weeks, shut it down as promised, and never let anyone know what happened to the people held there.

"Oh, we just followed the Geneva Conventions. Each of them had their cases reviewed [already done], and then they were handled accordingly."
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-02-24 08:06  

#2  Pandering for the elections, which he will probably lose to Prodi anyway. Thanks, Silvio!
Posted by: Rory B. Bellows   2006-02-24 01:02  

#1  That's right Berlu, we'll move these turds over to your villa.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-02-24 00:44  

00:00