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Ireland agrees to take 2 Guantanamo inmates from Uzbekistan

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Wednesday July 29, 2009 16:24author by redjade Report this post to the editors

Ireland has agreed to accept two inmates from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday.

Ahern said the two men belong to a group of about 50 inmates who are "no longer regarded as posing a threat to security but who cannot return to their own countries." He declined to identify them, but other officials confirmed that both are from Uzbekistan and seized in neighboring Afghanistan in bitterly disputed circumstances.

Ahern's announcement came as he met newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Dan Rooney following a visit last week by Irish officials to Washington and Guantanamo.

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Two government officials with knowledge of the case — speaking on condition of anonymity because they were breaching the government's official position — said both men are Uzbek nationals. One, 31-year-old Oybek Jabbarov, has been the focus of several months' campaigning by Irish human rights groups seeking to bring him to Ireland.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Why stop at 2 Dermot. Grasp this tactical opportunity     USLapdog    Thu Jul 30, 2009 00:34 
   Oh to be Innocent..     Battle Hardened.    Thu Jul 30, 2009 08:09 
   Underdogs     observer    Thu Jul 30, 2009 08:31 
   we're fucked anyway so 100 more on the dole won't make any difference     USLapdog    Thu Jul 30, 2009 08:50 
   Céad Míle Fáilte     Stoph    Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:06 
   compassion     cosmopolitan    Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:50 
   cead mile failte in Uzbek, Tajik or have they got a grasp of English by now?     iosaf    Thu Jul 30, 2009 23:02 


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