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USA Today
March 19, 2009
Pg. 5
Some Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay could be released in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder said. He was asked by reporters whether members of a group of Uighurs at the U.S. military detention facility in Cuba could be released on U.S. soil. "I don't know. We're trying to come up with places for them," he said.
He added later: "The possibility exists."
The U.S. has cleared 17 of the Uighurs for release from Guantanamo but insists it will not hand them over to China because the Uighurs fear they will be tortured. A federal judge in October ordered that the 17 men be allowed to enter the U.S. over the objections of the Bush administration. Last month, a federal appeals court overruled that decision, saying the 17 must stay at Guantanamo. The men were captured in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001.
March 19, 2009
Pg. 5
Some Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay could be released in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder said. He was asked by reporters whether members of a group of Uighurs at the U.S. military detention facility in Cuba could be released on U.S. soil. "I don't know. We're trying to come up with places for them," he said.
He added later: "The possibility exists."
The U.S. has cleared 17 of the Uighurs for release from Guantanamo but insists it will not hand them over to China because the Uighurs fear they will be tortured. A federal judge in October ordered that the 17 men be allowed to enter the U.S. over the objections of the Bush administration. Last month, a federal appeals court overruled that decision, saying the 17 must stay at Guantanamo. The men were captured in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001.