BBC reporting "US wants to end Gitmo"

US President George W Bush has said he would like to close the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and send many detainees back to their home countries.

However, he said not all the inmates would be returned - some would need to be put on trial in the US because they were "cold-blooded killers".

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Mr Bush said he understood European concerns over the US detention camp in Cuba.

"I'd like to end Guantanamo. I'd like it to be over with," he said.

He said 200 detainees had been sent home, and most of those remaining were from Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan.

But he added that there were some detainees "who need to be tried in US courts".

"They will murder somebody if they are let out on the street."

Given the BS that they've gone through down there, I couldn't say that I wouldn't want to murder somebody once I got out.

Funny how I haven't seen anything about this in American media...  I wonder if the increasing international pressure to close Gitmo has anything to do with Bush's quotes, or if it's all just a load of crap like everything that comes out of his mouth.

Hopefully, we'll end up sending most of the detainees home soon.  Those that are legitimate threats should be given trials, and everyone else let the fuck go.

•  Thoughts? Comments? Tips?

  I really hope he's serious about shutting it down...

  by Team Slacker on Wed Jun 21, 2006 at 08:34:58 AM PDT

  •  Unfortunately not

    He is not going to give an inch on Gitmo until he is forced to..Bush's statement is pure BS (if you listen to how he says it, it's kind of obvious). The only hope for closing Gitmo is the possibility that the Supreme Court may order it shut down.

    by Alice in Florida on Wed Jun 21, 2006 at 09:03:12 AM PDT