Comments on: Court Blocks Release Of Chinese Muslims

U.S. Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Order Freeing 17 Gitmo Detainees

[redbds]

"they are no longer considered enemy combatants"

So, why is there any discussion at all about releasing them?

We live in upside-down-land.

Posted by CBS_Oliver at 08:24 AM : Oct 09, 2008

The discussion is about where to release them. I say not in the US. Let''s give them an option. We will release you to China, where you will likely be tortured and killed for being a terrorist, or you can stay where you are right now until your lawyers can arrange for some other country to take you.

[washcapitals]

Screw these prisoners and send them back. Everything that comes from Chine is tainted in one way or another. Not saying all chinese people are bad because they arent. BUT it seems China keeps sending us their trash so send''em back

[crescentgirl]

This is truly a travesty of justice. These 17 were picked up as a result of the good ol'' USA paying bounty hunters for tips on supposed "terrorists". The $$ was likely paid to poor villagers who are desperate to feed their families...in this type of situation why wouldn''t they lie to get the money? Any desperate person would. How many times do law enforcement get false leads in this country when a reward is offered to catch a criminal? If police officers were take all tips at face value and lock them all up...we as a society would be in trouble.
The U.S. has no evidence against these 17 indicating that they are terrorists. They are not even labeled ''enemy combatants'' anymore. They just locked ''em up in guatanamo bay based on accusations of people. Now, they have tortured them and deprived them of their human rights for years...and yet the Bush administration is still not willing to admit mistakes and free these people. The bush admn. is responsible for creating terrorists...where terrorists didn''t exist before. Free these people...for the sake of humanity and give them their dignity back. And, for those of you that are scared...I say there is nothing to be scared off...and yes, I would invite them to live in my community with open arms...they did nothing wrong. Now, Bush...that''s who I would have a problem with living in my neighborhood. I''d be afraid that my property values would drop.

[chris32324]

seems dragonking missed his medication time

[longtree-2009]

They are chinese so deport them to China. These chinese trained in Afghanistan with Bin Laden''s organization or his allies. Americans worry about Hispanics working in this country but perhaps we should be aware of the many chinese in our backyard.

[wcreader]

"a US judge''s decision to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay into the U.S."
What is wrong with this judge?? what is wrong of US justice system?? are these 17 NOT followers of Bin Latin, Are they NOT belong to a terroiest group in Asia? Are they US citizen? If none of the above, then, why, then, have the right to live in the US, not in jail or country of origin? a judge should do its'' own job and duty as a judge, not politician. Don''t waste tax payers'' money for these..

[hermitdave]

THANKS---good to see some of us are still alive and willing to speak out. The 2000 take over of this country and the marriage of the major media to the industrial complex makes everything look very bleak right now. There seems little hope that the younger generation is smart enough to understand what has happened to them. It is going to be a scary year ahead.

[hermitdave]

How sad it is for older Americans to remember a time when most Americans would have recoiled at the news that some tin horn dictator was holding innocent humans in prison with no charges and no right to a trial for 7 long years. Of course this in the world of managed news and America has the most powerful tin horn dictator in world history.

[swingset4u]

DENIED! Hmmm...

[missingamerica]

Kind of makes you think the Administration is afraid that if they are freed they will talk about something "inconvenient"...

Like their treatment, maybe?