Guantanamo promise a test for Obama
Published: 08 July, 2009, 13:38
The saga of 229 Guantanamo Bay prisoners continues while the proposed deadline for closing the prison is only six months away.
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20.05.2009, 15:52
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Published: 08 July, 2009, 13:38
The saga of 229 Guantanamo Bay prisoners continues while the proposed deadline for closing the prison is only six months away.
Guantanamo Bay is a summer camp most of the foreign fighters in custody detained by US forces were sent to Afghanistan to train in camps with full knowledge of the intelligence agencies. It's all theatre to make groiups like Amnesty International look good.