24 Guantanamo prisoners to be freed

[Whoa_Nelly]

From correspondents in Madrid
November 22, 2003

THE United States will release a dozen prisoners from the American navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the coming weeks, a US envoy said today.

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"We expect to see almost two dozen individuals released in the coming weeks who no longer pose a threat to the international community," said Pierre-Richard Prosper, the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes at a press conference at the US embassy in Madrid.

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Several dozen other prisoners will be sent to their home countries for a lengthy process of investigation, detention and prosecution, Prosper said. He described these detainees as posing "a medium-level threat" to the international community.

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"We understand that there are people who want us to move quickly and we're trying. But we need the best decision we can, because what we would not want to see occur is that we release someone and the very next day he's in the next plane in the next tall building in the next capital of Europe, the United States, Middle East or anywhere else," he said.

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[Just Me]

1. They are all a threat, now,...

,...after having been detained under no umbrella of any rule of law. I would be astonished to see any (other than the mind-f*cked) survive long enough for any meaningful inquiry into the conditions at that nebulous US-controlled facility. One of the only investigative reports (film now deleted) on Guatanomo painted a realistic (yes, grim) picture,...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4905.htm

I am not a cynicist, by nature,...but, you will have a hell of a time convincing me beyond that realism, skeptism and scrutiny all healthy people must embrace against foul individuals. My faith in humanity far exceeds my acknowledgement of those few who PROVE themselves the vehicles of human evil. We are better than that!!!!