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Obama officially orders Gitmo closure
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:58:05 GMT
Barack Obama signs an executive order for Gitmo to be closed in one year.
US President Barack Obama has signed an official order for the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to be closed within the next year.

The newly-inaugurated US president inked three new executive orders earlier on Thursday, one of which requires that the infamous Cuba-based prison be shut down.

The move comes on the second full day of Obama serving in the White House and on the heels of his promise to take a "practical, pragmatic approach to foreign policy."

The orders will also shut down CIA detention centers worldwide as well as establish an interagency task force and a procedure to decide on how to go forward with the detainees.

All US interrogators will also be required to adhere to the rules set forth by the Army Field Manual.

Obama has also pledged to work toward strengthening relations with Muslim nations, many of which have been accused by his predecessor George W. Bush of harboring terrorists.

Under the banner of the war on terror, Bush set up the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in a US naval base in Cuba shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The Bush administration branded the inmates as 'enemy combatant', a title which his administration contended that places them outside the status of prisoners of war and out of the bounds of the protection of the Geneva Conventions.

The detention center currently holds, on terrorism charges, some 250 inmates who have reportedly undergone systematic torture.

Obama had vowed to shut down the facility, describing it as a "sad chapter in American history".

"Under my administration we will not torture," the president of 'change' has said.

It is yet unclear where the Guantanamo inmates will be housed. Only a handful of countries have expressed indecisive readiness to accept the prisoners.

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$10 TRILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:06:12 GMT
WITH $10Trillion Dollars DEFICIT,and %2 of your POPULATION in JAIL,%40 of Americans living Below the Poverty Line,you will go without food VERY soon. Are you sure you want to keep spending money you don't have on ZIONISTS in ISRAEL,Who Want never-ending war?They won't finish off HAMAS,so USA will be bankrupting itself for years and years until Americans begin dying of lack of food.Who knew the AMERICANS LOVED ZIONISTS so much they'd give up their own food to send them TONS of PHOSPHOROUS BOMBS
Julia
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:19:26 GMT
Go to www.inminds.com for a list of brands to boycott.
Hamid Pasha
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:33:23 GMT
" Democrats and Republicans alike fear the lobby,s clout. they all know that any politicion who challenges its policies stands little chance of becoming president."
Hamid Pasha
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:31:52 GMT
" Democrats and Republicans alike fear the lobby,s clout. they all know that any politicion who challenges its policies stands little chance of becoming president."
Julia
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:29:28 GMT
Patriotism is a thing of the past. We have the internet and satellite now. Be a world citizen. Free up your mind and fight for right - your conscience demands it.
Julia
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:16:10 GMT
OK good. Now let's see some humanitarian ORDERS in the MidEast. We want proof this is more than cosmetic surgery.
This message is being spread all over the world
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:13:21 GMT
I am an American and a Christian and I want you to know how sickened, appalled and outraged by the crimes taken in Gaza by Zionists. While browsing articles on Zionists crimes against Humanity,I ran across a web site called Presstv.I found this web site to be extremely fair and balance. I read complaints from Pro-Israel bloggers that their Bad-Mouthing was being erased. I think they’re spreading hate,and thank you for paying attention. I wish you every success in your efforts to obtain justice.
This message is being spread all over the world
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:12:40 GMT
I am an American and a Christian and I want you to know how sickened, appalled and outraged by the crimes taken in Gaza by Zionists. While browsing articles on Zionists crimes against Humanity,I ran across a web site called Presstv.I found this web site to be extremely fair and balance. I read complaints from Pro-Israel bloggers that their Bad-Mouthing was being erased. I think they’re spreading hate,and thank you for paying attention. I wish you every success in your efforts to obtain justice.
Hamid Pasha
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:10:51 GMT
"I don,t believe Israel has the courage or indeed the strength to retun what it has stolen from palestinianes."
Hamid Pasha
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:09:45 GMT
"I don,t believe Israel has the courage or indeed the strength to retun what it has stolen from palestinianes."
Talib
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:55:03 GMT
The Guantanamo Jail is a jail for terror. I agree that it will not be closed and should be used exclusively for Jews who have war crimes during the Gaza War . . .
Obama and his Drama
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:07:11 GMT
Obama is a drama 100% He is the new middle east bomber!!!!!!
Iranianoilbourse
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:26:47 GMT
Lock up Bush, Cheney and other zionists in it now.
Maximus
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:20:32 GMT
I still want to give President Obama the benefit of the doubt. I believe he is pressured to keep MidEast policy as it was. He cant make new policies or amend policies without the consent of the likes of M Albright, C Rice etc. & they wont consent to peace because they are "war lords". President Obama will come & go but they will remain.
Maximus
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:10:00 GMT
I praised President Obama too much, his speech today confirmed that he believes that the Israeli's are the victims here, he added that "Israeli's have been subject to rocket fire for decades from Gaza" sadly he failed to understand why the rockets are fired. The Gazans have been subject to attacks, occupation, oppression by the Israeli's from 1948. They will not stay silent & take this. The President is simply keeping up with policy. Sometimes you must make new policies.
Abeda
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:02:02 GMT
Well Done! Mr HUSAIN Obama, Its time for Bush and Blair to go in there!
Maximus
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:51:51 GMT
Its about time someone closed down the prison. President Obama has to keep face with the world, this is his way. Detension without trial is an barbaric act. If no evidence exists then what is the crime?. Its to drive fear into others to not join the group. Why use special courts?, the entire system is unfair & illegal. The UK has similar detainees whom have been held for years without trial, also this is illegal.
wondwosen zenebe - Ethiopian
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:28:12 GMT
LET US TALK OR WRITE THINGS THAT ARE BASED WITH THE TRUTH AND REALITY. ISRAEL ARMY LEADERS ARE COWARD INHUMAN AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMONSENS PURPOSLY AND INDISCRIMATELY THEY RAIN PROHIBITED WEAPONS OVER CHILDREN - WOMEN -ELDERLY MEN AND DESTROYING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY OF GAZA PALESTINE. IF THESE ARMAMENTS RAINED OVER THEIR OWN ISRAELI POPULATION WHAT THE GHOST WRITERS WOULD HAVE TO SAY? THE WORLD COURT MUST DO ALL MEANS TO BRING THE CRIMINALS INCLUDING MELESE ZENAWI.
0ologitechnewbieo0
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:19:38 GMT
Yeah close the place down i mean whats the need to open a torture chamber and pay millions to run it when you can just torture in the so called terrorists home county?also nice how it comes around now obama is in why didnt bush close it before he left?just shows what bush is all about in my terms that man needs to be punished for the worsest president in the american history!just look now its all falling the down!
Muhamadu Ismaaeel Neayass
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:59:01 GMT
in the comments Shahid did not appreciate obama's work.Muslim should patient, and encourage his good work. This is not good for Muslim.
Shahid
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:39:56 GMT
the idea will be to begin doing things that are commendable; later finding barak is no different to anyone else.
Nasrin UK
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:48:19 GMT
ABOUT TIME,THEY SHUD LOCK BUSH N BLAIR UP IN IT,SHOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF IT !
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