Obama Bows on Settling Detainees -- The Washington Post
Administration Gives Up on Bringing Cleared Inmates to U.S., Officials Say.
The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared for release to live in the United States, administration officials said yesterday, a decision that reflects bipartisan congressional opposition to admitting such prisoners but complicates efforts to persuade European allies to accept them.
Four Uighur detainees, Chinese Muslims who were incarcerated at the U.S. military prison in Cuba for more than seven years, arrived early yesterday in Bermuda, where they will become foreign guest workers. An administration official said the United States is engaged in negotiations with other countries, including Palau, an island nation in the western Pacific, to find places for the remaining 13 Uighurs held at Guantanamo.
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U.S. increasingly unlikely to take any Guantanamo detainees -- L.A. Times
6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions Linger -- New York Times
China Opposes Detainee Move to Palau -- Voice of America
U.S. sends Gitmo detainees to British island. Forgets to tell Britain. Oops. -- National Post
Britain to review legal basis of relations with Bermuda over Guantánamo row -- The Guardian
White House Backs Off Push to Settle Detainees in U.S.</
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More News On The Possible Travels For Some Guantanamo Inmates
U.S. increasingly unlikely to take any Guantanamo detainees -- L.A. Times
6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions Linger -- New York Times
China Opposes Detainee Move to Palau -- Voice of America
U.S. sends Gitmo detainees to British island. Forgets to tell Britain. Oops. -- National Post
Britain to review legal basis of relations with Bermuda over Guantánamo row -- The Guardian
White House Backs Off Push to Settle Detainees in U.S.</
U.S. increasingly unlikely to take any Guantanamo detainees -- L.A. Times
6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions Linger -- New York Times
China Opposes Detainee Move to Palau -- Voice of America
U.S. sends Gitmo detainees to British island. Forgets to tell Britain. Oops. -- National Post
Britain to review legal basis of relations with Bermuda over Guantánamo row -- The Guardian
White House Backs Off Push to Settle Detainees in U.S. -- newsweek
Former Gitmo detainees in paradise: Uighurs enjoying stay in Bermuda after Guantanamo Bay release -- New York Daily News
Chinese Muslims trigger public backlash in Palau -- AP
6 Detainees Are Freed as Questions Linger -- New York Times
China Opposes Detainee Move to Palau -- Voice of America
U.S. sends Gitmo detainees to British island. Forgets to tell Britain. Oops. -- National Post
Britain to review legal basis of relations with Bermuda over Guantánamo row -- The Guardian
White House Backs Off Push to Settle Detainees in U.S. -- newsweek
Former Gitmo detainees in paradise: Uighurs enjoying stay in Bermuda after Guantanamo Bay release -- New York Daily News
Chinese Muslims trigger public backlash in Palau -- AP