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Three Guantanamo detainees sent to Ireland, Yemen
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Gitmo alumnus status update: shot in Yemen
faustasblog.com — Not only did he graduate from Gitmo, he also graduated from Saudi Arabia’s rehab program: Former Gitmo... detainee killed in shootout , or as Ace says, former terrorist dies of dental plaque and bullets, but mostly bullets, A former Guantanamo detainee has reportedly been killed in a ... (more) Gitmo alumnus status update: shot in Yemen
Ireland votes 'Yes' to EU Lisbon Treaty
Ireland votes 'Yes' to EU Lisbon Treaty
telegraph.co.uk — Ireland has given a "clear and resounding" backing to the Lisbon Treaty PM Brian Cowen has declared... 18 months after voters rejected the EU reform plan. (more) Ireland votes 'Yes' to EU Lisbon Treaty
Key Democrats Would Let Guantanamo Detainees Be Tried in U.S.
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Losing the Moral High Ground
Commondreams.org Views — ... These men — like the ethnic minority Uighurs who fled persecution in China to live in poverty in Afghanistan only to find themselves imprisoned at Guantánamo — are the collateral damage of the war on terrorism.  Very slowly, the Obama administration is parceling out these men to third countries. According to the Justice Department, 17 men have left Guantánamo since Obama came into office. Men held at Guantánamo for years have been shipped to Bermuda , Portugal, Yemen, and Ireland . Hungary is willing to take a single Palestinian man. Palau is likely ...

Frida Berrigan: Losing the Moral High Ground
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... who fled persecution in China to live in poverty in Afghanistan only to find themselves imprisoned at Guantánamo — are the collateral damage of the war on terrorism.  Very slowly, the Obama administration is parceling out these men to third countries. According to the Justice Department, 17 men have left Guantánamo since Obama came into office. Men held at Guantánamo for years have been shipped to Bermuda, Portugal, Yemen, and Ireland. Hungary is willing to take a single Palestinian man. Palau is likely to ...

Losing the Moral High Ground
Antiwar.com Original — ... These men — like the ethnic minority Uighurs who fled persecution in China to live in poverty in Afghanistan only to find themselves imprisoned at Guantánamo — are the collateral damage of the war on terrorism.  Very slowly, the Obama administration is parceling out these men to third countries. According to the Justice Department, 17 men have left Guantánamo since Obama came into office. Men held at Guantánamo for years have been shipped to Bermuda , Portugal, Yemen, and Ireland . Hungary is willing to take a single Palestinian man. Palau is likely ...

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