U.S. to Release Two Dozen Guantanamo Prisoners

[denverbill]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=8&u=/nm/20040128/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_dc

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The United States will release up to two dozen prisoners it considers to be a low security threat from its Guantanamo Bay military base, the U.S. special ambassador for war crimes said Wednesday.

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Around 660 suspected Taliban and al Qaeda members have been held at the Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba since they were captured during the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan (news - web sites), which began after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Prosper said about 80 deemed no threat to security were released last year.


The detentions without trial have drawn worldwide criticism from governments and human rights groups concerned about the prisoners' legal status and the conditions in the camp.


Prosper said the prisoners to be released were of low or no security threat.
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YEAHHH!!! We are such a great country!! We hold people without charges for over two years when they are no security threat!!! That's America!! Go Team!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Most likely no one in Guantanamo is guilty of anything

Have they had any trials?

This was spectacular overreaction to 9/11 brought about to show that bush was "doing something". It is sad that those prisoners had to get caught up in it.

[zonmoy]

6. Do you really think

that if there are ever trials that they wont be rigged to insure guilty verdicts and then allowed no judicial review.

[SaddenedDem]

2. WTF??? 'U.S. special ambassador for war crimes '

Who the HELL is the "U.S. special ambassador for war crimes" and when did they create this ominous title????????

I can't get over this - U.S. special ambassador for war crimes"...WTF?????

[saigon68]

4. HERE HE IS IN ALL HIS GLORY !!!!!!

Pierre-Richard Prosper
Ambassador, Office of War Crimes Issues
Term of Appointment: 08/03/2001 to present


http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/4417.htm




Pierre-Richard Prosper was nominated by President Bush on May 16, 2001. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 11 and sworn in as Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues on Friday, the 13th of July.

Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Prosper was a career prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice where he served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division in 1999. From 1999 to 2001, Ambassador Prosper was detailed to the State Department where he served as the Special Counsel and Policy Adviser to the previous Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues.


Born in Denver, Colorado in 1963, the son of two physicians who emigrated from Haiti, Ambassador Prosper was raised in New York State. He graduated from Boston College, where he was a member of the Varsity Lacrosse team, and Pepperdine University School of Law. He has been recognized for his achievements and commitment to justice for all humanity by his alma maters, a variety of law associations, cities, and a Haitian American historical society. Ambassador Prosper is a member of the California Bar. He is fluent in French and has a working knowledge of Italian and Spanish.

[oneighty]

3. Two dozen?

Is that kinda like twenty four of our fellow human beings?

Insensitive, but I am glad that innocent people are being released.

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[Snappy]

5. Treatment

I read a story awhile back that the prisoners when released get dropped off in Afghanistan with zero compensation. Just, ok you are now free to pick up your life, good luck. Sorry, no link.It's real disgraceful how these "humans" have been treated by the Govt. that is suppossed to represent the American people and America's ideals.

[llmart]

7. Well, there's "two dozen" more people

who, if they weren't already, will become terrorists because of what our government did to them. Way to win the hearts and minds of people around the world.