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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 10:54 PM Original message |
Pacific State Palau to Take Uighur Detainees. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. China hasn't been kind to Falun Gong, and they won't be to the Uighur |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. But they are guilty of being Muslim during Bushco's reign. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. This isn't much of a consolation prize. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Right; foreign, and whats to do there? |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. no... Palau is a great vacation spot.. really nice coral reef |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I loved Palau. It's gorgeous, with incredible diving and nice people. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Who in their right mind would NOT want to go there? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. If there is a Heaven it must surely be Palau. WOW! |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I was there years ago, and thought it jaw-droppingly gorgeous |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Palau has the Chinese sweat shops doesn't it? Will these released people work in them? |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I believe you're thinking of Saipan. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thanks! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Don't know Palau? Here's A Cheat Sheet |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Maddow was reporting that we are paying Palau |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Not that I fully understand this decision, but... |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I think it would be far cheaper, and more just |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. This Isn't About Justice, Obviously |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. They probably figured a pay off would be seen as an admission of guilt. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. If the immediate family members are living in China, would |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Your math's off |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. No, you simply didn't read the post carefully... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. That $200 million rumor was said to be false |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. OK, but multiple sources (Maddow, Huffpo, even AP), reported the $200M figure |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The current US foreign aid package to the nation is due to run out this October |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. More info: amount of money potentially involved, Chinese displeasure.... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. "American officials who declined to be named " .. yeah, another reliable source close to the POTUS ? |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. Remote Pacific nation to take Gitmo detainees (Chinese Uighurs) |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yikes, the U.S. could be invaded by the Huns! Well, 17 UIghurs. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. look at these pix of Palau. Tell me you wouldn't want to visit! |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You convinced me |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Paradise lost |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'll take a couple!!! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. It would be cheaper to house them |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bermuda takes 4 Uighur detainees from Gitmo |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Spent a month there. Nice place. Very pretty. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. I saw the island myself |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. Palau isn't much of a paradise for foreigners. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I agree. And they'll be totally lost there, even if it is beautiful. |
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