Two Uighur detainees at Guantanamo hold the prison camp's first self-styled public protest for visiting journalists on June 1, 2009, in this photo cleared for release by the U.S. Department of Defense. MICHELLE SHEPHARD/TORONTO STARFrom The Toronto Star:
Canada has refused a plea from the Obama administration to take in 17 Chinese Muslims imprisoned without charge for more than seven years at Guantanamo Bay.
The Uighur captives, including two who staged an unprecedented public protest this week, have been cleared for release by U.S. courts but are stuck at the Cuban prison until Washington finds a country willing to provide asylum.
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper said inquiries made in the last couple of weeks concerning the Uighurs were rebuffed.
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My Comment: As a Canadian, I am relieved not to have these people in my country. This group of Uighur's were in Afghanistan for terrorist training .... and while the West was not the target, a terrorist is still a terrorist regardless of what country he or she is from, and on which country that they wish to attack.