Globalization means individuals captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been housed on a US Navy base on the communist-run Carribean island of Cuba. Some of these guys were actually Chinese separatist Uighurs who have been sent to Albania, while a few turned out to be American or Canadian citizens. Many Yemeni detainees are hoped to be sent to Saudi Arabia for safekeeping. European countries plan to take some of these detainees as well, such as one Ethiopian who was previously released and went to Britain. The one Australian detained in Guantanamo was sent back home a few years ago.
Conclusions:
1. South America is not pulling its fair share.
2. The premise of cheesy sci-fi movies where the world's most hardened criminals (as well as a few innocents) are kept in a super-prison in outer space is not that outlandish.
2.a. Though we are missing the Russian billionaire who plans to televise death matches of aforesaid prisoners over satellite TV/the internet.
3. No wonder it will take forever to shut down Gitmo. The immigration lawyers alone will have a billable hours feast.
There are currently 241 people held at the detention center at the U.S. military base in Cuba. Holder said some will be released, some will be put on trial, and some "are going to be detained on a fairly extended basis."
Where are they going to be detained? Antarctica or somewhere in South America would be geographically pleasing. Or full circle back to Bagram?
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