Palau To Take Uighur Detainees From Guantanamo Bay


From Yahoo News/AP:

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The tropical Pacific island nation of Palau announced Wednesday it will accept up to 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay despite a Pentagon determination that they are not "enemy combatants."

China's Foreign Ministry had no immediate reaction to the decision by Palau to grant Washington's request to resettle the detainees from China's Uighur minority who had been incarcerated at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. Palau is one of a handful of countries that does not recognize China and maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

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My Comment: Out of sight and out of mind. But my gut is telling me that for Palau to accept these men, the U.S. must pay a stiff fee for what I am sure will only be a brief stay for these former Guantanamo detainees.

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