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Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detainees

By Jeralyn, Section Terror Detainees
Posted on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 02:39:33 PM EST
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More egg on the Pentagon's face. Forty eight hours after four Guantanamo prisoners were returned to Britain, UK authorities freed them, declining to file charges against them.

Five other British detainees at Guantanamo who were returned in March were also set free within a day, and have never been charged with a terrorist offense.

Some of the men claimed they were tortured at Guantanamo, which holds detainees that U.S. authorities say are suspected of having links to al-Qaida or Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime.

"They have been imprisoned in cages," said Louise Christian, who represented Abbasi and Begg. "Feroz Abbasi and Moazzam Begg have been held in solitary confinement for nearly two years and we know they have been tortured and abused."

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    Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detainees | 13 comments (13 topical)
    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 02:50:19 PM EST
    They ought to go have a chat with Tony about their incarceration.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 02:54:49 PM EST
    Why egg on the pentagons face? -C

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 03:11:22 PM EST
    Thus Cliff: Why egg on the pentagons face? Because this shows that they are not guilty of any crimes. Not even suspects. Sorry about the two-syllable words, but perhaps you can crack the code with a ouija board and a bottle of Jack.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 03:13:24 PM EST
    No special arrangements despite what you might have been told. Free to go. Bye bye, mind how you go!

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#5)
    by Quaker in a Basement on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 03:36:32 PM EST
    Why egg on the Pentagon's face, asks Cliff? Because it's Rumsfeld and the defense department in charge of arresting, holding, and releasing detainees at Guantanamo. Soft-headed liberals like me have been complaining about detentions without charges or trials. This is why.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#6)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 03:55:31 PM EST
    I just relayed this to some people around me. One master degree level person just asked me... "But weren't they guilty?" I had to explain to this otherwise intelligent individual that they never received counsel, never had a hearing and never saw a judge in 3 years, and how do you then get a guilty verdict? "Well, they're terrorists!" Whoops, there it is!

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#7)
    by Che's Lounge on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 03:58:41 PM EST
    Of course, they're watching Fox News so why should I be surprised. There's a pretty heavy thread about Bush's news conference this AM over at Atrios.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 06:49:57 PM EST
    Don't worry bleedinghearts, they will be watched. So you can sleep all comfy in your beds tonight.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 09:06:52 PM EST
    When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I hope they atart suing the US government as hard and loudly as possible.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#10)
    by DonS on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 04:51:37 AM EST
    "Why egg on the Pentagons face?" Because koolaid is not the drink du jour in Britain.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 06:46:06 AM EST
    Let's see. A Conservative American Government hands British terrorists over to the Liberal British Government. The Liberals let the terrorists go and THAT is an indication that the American Government was wrong? Let's turn Michael Jackson over to NAMBLA and see how long it takes for them to set him free. Conservatives know we are in the midst of WWIII. Liberals don't want to recognize this and allow anything to disturb their lives of selfishness. There is no proof of anything here except that the Liberals are out of touch with reality.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#12)
    by DonS on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 07:13:20 AM EST
    Steve, I looked at your web blog so I am not surprised at your take. However, your attribution of "selfishness" to "liberals" is confusing at best, not to mention Orwellian. And, my friend, since when has "conservative" or "liberal",however loosely you use those terms in an even quai-democratic sense, had a damn thing to do with increased proclivity towards human right's abuses, administrative malfeasance and abuse of discretion by political oficials? You may be able to satisfy your own analytical stnadards with such shoddy rhetoric, but don't delude yourself that makes it sound.

    Re: Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detaine (none / 0) (#13)
    by Che's Lounge on Thu Jan 27, 2005 at 08:46:20 AM EST
    Everyday, Do you think that the Bush admin is not aware of the liberal British Govt? Aren't you concerned that they would hand these individuals over anyway? Why are you wasting time here? you should be writing to your fearless leader. HE'S the one who let these "terrists" go!

    Britain Frees Four Released Guantanamo Detainees | 13 comments (13 topical)