Guantánamo

...to moving the remaining "unlawful combatants" held there to US soil. Hard times in Michigan lead town to bid for Guantanamo inmates Patrick Blower: Livedraw: Guantanamo may be closing, but Barack Obama's in-tray is still overflowing

In this article: Michigan, Detainee, Gitmo, Bankruptcy, Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama

...two former Guantanamo Bay detainees President Barack Obama has put back the date for closing Guantanamo Two Algerian men held at Guantanamo Bay for seven years on terror charges have been acquitted at a trial on being returned home,...

In this article: Barack Obama, Detainee, Algeria, US, Guantanamo Bay, Jerusalem, Cuba, and Afghanistan

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said. Abdelli Faghoul and Terari Mohamed had...

In this article: Defendant, Algeria, Guantanamo Bay, Detainee, Taliban, Afghanistan, United States, and Algiers

Navigation - link to other main sections from here We're going to miss Guantanamo deadline, Obama admits President Obama has admitted for the first time that the deadline he set two days into his Administration for closing the Guantanamo...

In this article: Barack Obama, Detainee, Eric Holder, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, George W. Bush, US, and Manhattan

BEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January deadline he set, but he said he hoped to still achieve that goal sometime next year.

In this article: Barack Obama, Guantanamo, Detainee, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, United States, White House, and Beijing

...U.S. CLAIMS: Critics, including Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk and several other Congress members from Illinois, contend moving Guantanamo prisoners there would make the state - with its signature Chicago skyscrapers - a terrorist target.

In this article: Detainee, Michigan, U.S., Federal Bureau of Prisons, Illinois, and Department of Defense

...House has said several sites are being considered. Holding the prisoners indefinitely at Guantanamo has generated international criticism. Guantanamo has become "a recruiting tool for terrorists. ... This is a new chapter," said Phil...

In this article: Detainee, Illinois, Guantanamo, Chicago, and Barack Obama