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White House: No Gitmo Detainees Back To Yemen For Now

01/ 5/10 03:13 PM ET   AP

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says no more Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to Yemen for the time being – after a failed Christmas terror plot raised concerns about terrorists active in that country.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters the government will not send additional detainees to Yemen for now, which could increase the number of inmates held at a planned prison for terror suspects in Illinois.

Gibbs' comments reflect the growing worry about terrorists operating in that country since a Christmas attempt to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner by a Nigerian man who said he was acting on instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.

Just days before the attempt, the U.S. sent six men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center back to their home country of Yemen.

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says no more Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to Yemen for the time being – after a failed Christmas terror plot raised concerns about terrorists...
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12:33 PM on 01/10/2010
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10:40 AM on 01/06/2010
If only Obama had apologized for America earlier none of this would have happened.
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10:02 PM on 01/05/2010
Funny how few "progressives" are posting to this thread. Maybe because no one here can remember whether they're supposed to be in favor of releasing them or keeping them there. It changes weekly.
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09:24 AM on 01/06/2010
They should be put on trial if they did something, otherwise released. We don't keep concentration camps.
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07:45 PM on 01/05/2010
Those detainees have got to be just a little p!$$ed off right about now.
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06:19 PM on 01/05/2010
Thompson Illinois will house any of these terrists and allow Americans to earn a paycheck at a facility that is currently mothballed. GITMO GOTTA GO!
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05:22 PM on 01/05/2010
|Just days before the attempt, the U.S. sent six men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center back to their home country of Yemen." The articles omits the fact that were handled in custody to Yemni government. The Yemini Govt; has been fighting Al Qeada for years.
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Pablo175
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05:05 PM on 01/05/2010
Ooops. Time for Plan B - indefinite detention.
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