Obama: 50 Gitmo detainees cleared for transfer

[underpants]

Source: Yahoo/AP

WASHINGTON – Forty-eight terror suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay are waiting to be released to other nations, the Obama administration said Thursday.

The detainees are among 50 whose cases have already been reviewed, President Barack Obama said Thursday, pointing to efforts to empty the prison without bringing all its inmates to the United States.

Two other detainees have been released since January, to Britain and France, officials said.

The government has been negotiating with nations like Yemen and Saudi Arabia for months to deal with some of the detainees. Obama is seeking to place up to an estimated 100 Yemeni detainees in Saudi rehabilitation programs.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090521/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_guantanamo_detainees

[MineralMan]

1. It's a shame Obama's doing nothing about

GTMO, isn't it? Nothing at all. Nothing's happening. He's just like Bush. Where will it all end? Where are my smelling salts? I'm all confused. Where's my fucking pony? Obama promised me a fucking pony, and I have the barbecue all fired up.

Man, we'd be so much better off if John McCain had gotten elected. He and Sarah would have done something, I'm sure. :sarcasm:

[Arkana]

2. Moose Princess would have shot them from a helicopter.

[Zhade]

3. Don't be so smug. Did you read the whole story?

Military officials described those detainees Thursday as either low-level threats who no longer have valuable intelligence to give, or have been cleared for transfer because of a court order or otherwise lacking evidence against them.

There's no evidence against them, yet they're still being held? WTF? And they're being sent to YEMEN and SAUDI ARABIA? Not places known for their respect for human rights, you may recall.

Exactly like b*s*? No. Continuing bullshit policies? Absolutely.

[TheWraith]

4. Keep struggling for that outrage!

Can't let yourself see things positively, not for one second. Who knows what might happen?

[underpants]

5. Yeah where the hell *IS* my pony??

:rofl:

perfect MineralMan

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[RedCloud]

7. Come on Brian. You kept posting the same stuff.