Let ‘em eat rice palau

Rejoice!  The US has found a home for the Uighurs, the group of Muslim Chinese prisoners who

• were sold into captivity for bounty
• have been found to be no danger to our country
• were ordered released into the US by Judge Urbina
• had two American Uighur communities ready and willing to take them
• but who cannot be released due for NIMBY* reasons

… they’re getting shipped to the island of Palau, there to bask under palm trees, far from their families, for the rest of their lives.

http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/06/09/from-guantanamo-to-the-south-pacific-is-this-a-joke/

Those little islands sure come in handy!

*not in my back yard

See you in DC

Religious Witness at the White House

June 11, noon- 1:30 pm

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another death at Guantánamo

It’s being called a probable suicide, but  Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih had been on a hunger strike and was down to only 85 lb.

http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/06/02/yemeni-prisoner-muhammad-salih-dies-at-guantanamo/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8080376.stm