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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 08:59 PM
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18 Released From Guantanamo (told talking may prevent release of others)
KABUL, Afghanistan — Seventeen Afghans came home Tuesday from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and one accused the U.S. military of abusing him, despite warnings from a senior Afghan official to keep quiet about any complaints.
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Shavers said the 17 Afghans and the Turk were cleared of suspicions of terrorist links during a tribunal review process that ended recently. Five others cleared in late March were sent home, and 15 more await transfers.

The Afghan men, nearly all bearded and most wearing denim jackets bearing numbers, were handed over to Afghan authorities during a ceremony at the country's Supreme Court hours after they arrived from Cuba.

Referring to journalists gathered in the room for a news conference, Chief Justice Fazl Hadi Shinwari said, "Don't tell these people the stories of your time in prison, because the government is trying to secure the release of others, and it may harm the release of your friends."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-detainees20apr20,0,5897407.story?coll=la-home-world
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frictionlessO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 09:58 PM
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1. Proven innocent yet still have to act as if they are guilty...
Are country is sick, what kind of people blackmail wrongfully imprisoned men who had to suffer the worst kinds of conditions so that those same people could have a false sense of security?

"Hey buddy we'll let you go but say anything that amounts to truth about the last 3 1/2 years and your other buddies get more of the same!" WTF!!!!!!!

Its friggin' tyranny ya'all!
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