AP Sources: Obama Aides Traveled With Detainees.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/ap

The four Chinese Muslims, called Uighurs (WEE-gurs), were resettled in Bermuda on Thursday. The U.S. government had determined they were not enemy combatants and should be released.

The officials say the presence of the president's aides during the resettlement process is a sign of the importance the administration puts on closing the facility at Guantanamo.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/11/us/politics/AP-US-US-Bermuda-Guantanamo.html

[babylonsister]

1. Good. Sounds like he's determined to close Gitmo. nt

[Psychic Consortium]

2. Gitmo will be closed. 100% guaranteed. nt

[bdamomma]

3. these detainees are causing a little havoc in Bermuda

apparently this action was not cleared with the Government/Britain, because Bermuda is a terrority of England, it was told to officials in Bermuda that these people do not pose a threat to Bermudian society and some local people are asking why these people are not staying in the US, yes, it is causing a stir, and the opposing party almost like the republican party is saying why weren't they consulted on this action. Xenophobia does make an appearance in Bermuda.

also the US and Bermuda are close allies. that could be a clue right there.

[elleng]

4. Cite for 'havoc' info?

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[struggle4progress]

5. Riches, fine sands and bafflement in Bermuda as the Uighurs land

James Bone in New York

... The former Guantánamo Bay inmates will now become neighbours on the 21-square-mile millionaires’ playground to such homeowners as Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York.

The mid-Atlantic archipelago of about 138 small islands is Britain’s oldest colony, having been in British possession since 1612. Blessed by a balmy year-round climate, Bermuda is known for yachting, golf and talcum-powder sand beaches.

But the picturesque capital of Hamilton also boasts dozens of headquarters of hedge funds and reinsurance companies that make it a financial powerhouse. It is still common to see businessmen wearing traditional knee-length Bermuda shorts. Residents professed themselves baffled yesterday by the resettlement plan. “People are shaking their heads. They cannot understand the reason for it. We are a very wealthy small island,” said Kyle Hunter, the sports editor at the local Mid-Ocean News newspaper. “I can’t see them buying a house here because the average price is $900,000 <£550,000> for a small two-bedroom,” he added.

The Uighurs will stick out on the island, which is about 60 per cent black and the rest overwhelmingly white. Even the local Chopsticks Chinese restaurant lost its only true Chinese waitress last month. The other staff are all Thais or Filipinos ...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6482216.ece

As you can see, Bermuda has been thrown into turmoil

[elleng]

6. Bafflement I understand; "HAVOC," not!

I understand that wasn't your term.

Been there; its LOVELY, and I ain't no hedge fund!

[struggle4progress]

7. I reckon I shoulda put one o'these at th'end o'm'previous post

;)

[bdamomma]

9. let me stand corrected and eliminate the term "havoc"

bafflement sounds more like it.

[No Elephants]

8. We just "detain" folks in Afghanistan now, not in Gitmo. Shell game.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/20/obama-backs-bush-on-bagra_n_168766.html

[Blandocyte]

10. Aha! Palling around with terrorists!

Caught red handed! :-)