Italy will consider accepting Guantanamo detainees, premier says

[jefferson_dem]

Source: CNN

Italy will consider accepting Guantanamo detainees, premier says
From CNN Correspondent Paula Newton

ROME, Italy (CNN) — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday that his country will consider accepting an unspecified number of detainees from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In an interview with CNN, Berlusconi said Italy is prepared to help the United States deal with terrorism by allowing Guantanamo detainees to be relocated there.

"If we can do this favor for the American people and the U.S. government, we will certainly do it," he said. Asked how many detainees Italy might take, he said it was too soon to say.

"We feel that we should do everything possible to support the United States and we can't expect them to fight for all of us single-handedly," Berlusconi said. "Terrorism is a phenomenon that affects us all."

His statement is likely welcome news for President Barack Obama, whose plan to close the Guantanamo facility by January 2010 has come under criticism from both Democrats and Republicans who fear the possible relocation of suspected terrorists to U.S. soil. Obama has insisted the Guantanamo facility can be closed and detainees relocated without endangering U.S. national security.


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/25/italy-will-consider-accepting-guantanamo-detainees-premier-says/

[mattfromnossa]

1. grazie mille

"We feel that we should do everything possible to support the United States and we can't expect them to fight for all of us single-handedly," Berlusconi said. "Terrorism is a phenomenon that affects us all."

[rwheeler31]

2. Silvio

you are one weird dude.

[rurallib]

3. he'll take the 18 year old female detainees.

[ck4829]

4. "Terrorism is a phenomenon that affects us all."

Interesting, creating a forged document known as the Yellowcake Forgeries affected us even more.

[meow2u3]

5. Who's gonna guard them? Toto Riina?

:evilgrin:

[Mudoria]

6. Hand them over to the Italian mafia... problem solved forever