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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Bush Administration to Gitmo detainees: "Just kidding!"
Posted by Jill | 9:24 AM
Reuters, via ModFab:


The United States will release the last four Britons and an Australian held as terrorism suspects for about three years without charges at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

The announcement came on the third anniversary of the arrival of the first blindfolded and shackled detainees at the remote base on the southeastern tip of Cuba, where the United States holds 549 foreigners after having released about 200 prisoners to date.

The Pentagon said the timing of the release "remains under discussion."

Lawyers for the men welcomed news of the release, saying years of physical abuse, degrading treatment and isolation were ending. Human rights activists urged Britain to investigate claims by the men that they were tortured.

"These detainees are enemy combatants who had been detained by the United States in accordance with the laws of war and U.S. law," the Pentagon said in a statement.

"The governments of the United Kingdom and Australia have accepted responsibility for these individuals and will work to prevent them from engaging in or otherwise supporting terrorist activities in the future."


Translation: We can't find a goddamn thing to charge these guys with.

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