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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Nov-02-09 11:39 AM
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Gitmo men celebrate freedomUpdated at 1:14 PM
Source: news 24

Koror - Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs, released on the weekend after nearly eight years locked up at Guantanamo Bay, spent their first day of freedom on Monday shopping in the Palau capital Koror.

They have also pencilled in a day's swimming at the spectacular Rock Islands in this Pacific island nation after revealing that was one of life's treats they missed most while detained at the US naval base in Cuba.

The six have been treated as heroes since arriving in Palau on Sunday and being greeted by President Johnson Toribiong who will also accompany them on their swim.

"They have not touched the water for eight years," said George Clark, an American lawyer travelling with the Uighurs.

"They are happy that the Palauan people have accepted them and relieved that they have finally been released from jail."

Read more: http://www.news24.com/Content/World/News/1073/c9612742b...
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   kick  ensho   Nov-02-09 11:42 AM   #1 
   Justice at last.  CaliforniaPeggy   Nov-02-09 11:43 AM   #2 
   Another George W Bush atrocity.  robo50   Nov-02-09 11:55 AM   #3 
   K&R  Soylent Brice   Nov-02-09 12:22 PM   #4 
 
ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Nov-02-09 11:42 AM
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1. kick
nt
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2. Justice at last.
8 years locked up is just obscene.
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3. Another George W Bush atrocity.
False imprisonment, for no absolutely reason at all.
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