Holder: 30 Gitmo inmates approved for release

[kpete]

Source: Salon

Holder: 30 Gitmo inmates approved for release
By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer

Apr 29th, 2009 | BERLIN -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says about 30 detainees have been cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay.

Holder met with reporters in Germany ahead of a speech appealing for Europe's help to close the U.S. military detention facility.

The attorney general says the U.S. has not decided which detainees they want to send to specific countries, adding that those decisions are weeks away.

There are 241 prisoners at Guantanamo, and Holder has been visiting European leaders this week asking for help relocating detainees and shuttering the detention site over the next nine months.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2009/04/29/D97S6IPO0_eu_holder_guantanamo/index.html

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[ixion]

2. approved for release... after how many years?

I think we owe them more than a simple release.

[stillcool]

4. They'll sue..

I'm sure there will be some hefty settlements/hush money being paid out.

[WriteDown]

3. To where?

"On Tuesday, Holder received encouragement from Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer, who told The Associated Press he believes some European nations will accept Guantanamo detainees. Langer was quick to say his own country would not."

[stillcool]

5. according to the article....

"The attorney general says the U.S. has not decided which detainees they want to send to specific countries, adding that those decisions are weeks away."