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2009-05-19 Europe

German FM Opposes Taking Uighur Gitmo Inmates

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 only the US itself can take in the Uighurs without causing serious diplomatic damage

No no no...you wanted it closed, now you get to deal with the consequences. It just amazes me how people think they can just wave a magic wand and make problems disappear.

Posted by gromky 2009-05-19 04:35|| 2009-05-19 04:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Lets just make everybody happy and give them back to China. I am sure the Chinese would be pleased and the Germans could be pleased that the Chinese were pleased. How the Uighurs would feel about going "home" would be another matter.

Tell the Germans you are sending the Uighurs to China. See if they can be persuaded to "do the right thing". Probably not.

Posted by Angleton9 2009-05-19 04:50|| 2009-05-19 04:50|| Front Page Top

#3 So the Germans are more afraid to upset the Chinese than the Americans? Bring the troops home and tax the Beemers at 100%.

Posted by ed 2009-05-19 07:01|| 2009-05-19 07:01|| Front Page Top

#4 They're obviously waiting on the 'Chip.'

Saudi 'Killer Chip' Implant Would Track, Eliminate Undesirables. It could be the ultimate in political control but it won't be patented in Germany.

German media outlets reported last week that a Saudi inventor's application to patent a "killer chip," as the Swiss tabloids put it, had been denied.

The basic model would consist of a tiny GPS transceiver placed in a capsule and inserted under a person's skin, so that authorities could track him easily.

Model B would have an extra function a dose of cyanide to remotely kill the wearer without muss or fuss if authorities deemed he'd become a public threat.

The inventor said the chip could be used to track terrorists, criminals, fugitives, illegal immigrants, political dissidents, domestic servants and foreigners overstaying their visas.

"The invention will probably be found to violate paragraph two of the German Patent Law which does not allow inventions that transgress public order or good morals," German Patent and Trademark Office spokeswoman Stephanie Krüger told the English-language German-news Web site The Local.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-19 08:16|| 2009-05-19 08:16|| Front Page Top

#5 However Steinmeier is concerned that taking the men would cause a diplomatic spat with China, which considers the men to be terrorists and has demanded their extradition.

Doesn't the US have an extradition treaty with China and doesn't refusing them violate international law? If we want Chinese cooperation with the Norks and other diplomatic wrangles on the UNSC, we should respect their sovereignty.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-05-19 09:04|| 2009-05-19 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 I oppose taking them. too. Don't want the vermin under foot in my home. Leave them in Cuba.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-19 12:17|| 2009-05-19 12:17|| Front Page Top

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