Pentagon wants to send more Guantanamo detainees home, with conditions

[Judi Lynn]

Pentagon wants to send more Guantanamo detainees home, with conditions

By JOHN J. LUMPKIN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is pressing the State Department to increase pressure on some unresponsive foreign capitals to take custody of some of their nationals who are held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior defense official said Friday.

The military has transferred 65 prisoners from Guantanamo to their home countries, but some countries -- which officials did not identify -- have largely ignored American requests for transfers, officials said. The senior official described Rumsfeld's effort, first reported Friday in The New York Times, on the condition of anonymity.
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In making these transfers, the U.S. government sets conditions, such as requiring that the detainee be held by their home country, and, in some cases, seeking protections regarding their treatment while in prison there.

Boucher said that the department has a policy to "not transfer a person to a country if we determine that it is more likely than not'' that the prisoner will be tortured.
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http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/APNews/News/ap0609n

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1. things to make your head explode.

bizarro world.

shaw...yeah, right, rummy wants to make sure they aren't tortured.....AGAIN.

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2. Transfer plan for 300 Guantanamo inmates

MARGARET NEIGHBOUR

MORE than half the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba could be transferred to prisons in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan, under plans drawn up by the United States defence department.

The US has faced international criticism for its treatment of Guantanamo prisoners, and FBI memos made public recently accused interrogators of using "torture techniques".

Now the Pentagon is seeking the backing of other federal agencies for the transfers. <snip>

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=269772005


<edit:> Rumsfeld wants more detainees sent home

JOHN J. LUMPKIN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld wants the State Department to put more pressure on countries to take custody of some of their people who are held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, a senior defense official said Friday.

The military has transferred 65 prisoners from the prison in Cuba to their home countries, but some nations - not identified - have largely ignored American requests for transfers, officials said. The senior official described Rumsfeld's effort, first reported Friday in The New York Times, on the condition of anonymity.

Spokesman Richard Boucher said the State Department is working with the Pentagon to identify detainees who no longer need to be held and work with other governments to ensure a smooth transfer. <snip>

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/living/education/higher_learning/11111334.htm


U-S wants countries to accept more detainees

STATE DEPARTMENT U-S officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts aimed at sending more Guantanamo detainees to their home countries for detention. <snip>

http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3065717

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