Why Would No Othere Country Take Them?

Life in paradise as Guantanamo Four take a dip, eat ice cream, and plan first Uighur restaurant in British territory of Bermuda


These former terror suspects are Uighurs - members of China's Muslim Turkic-speaking minority and have spent the last seven years locked up in Guantanamo Bay. They were detained by the Americans, who eventually determined they were not a threat to the United States. But because no country volunteered to take them and it was feared they would be detained and tortured if they were returned to China, the men were left in limbo. They have traded drab prison jumpsuits for comfortable cotton pants and knit shirts, and razor wire-encircled jail compounds for beach cottages, where they are staying at U.S. taxpayers' expense.


The surprise deal, done behind Britain's back, has angered many of the island's 68,000 people and prompted a call by the opposition for the local Parliament to hold a no-confidence vote in the government. Though Bermuda is semi-autonomous, the British government retains control of the island's foreign affairs, security and defence. Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was 'astonishing' that Downing Street knew nothing of the deal.
Senior MP Mike Gapes, who chairs the influential Commons foreign affairs committee, accused the U.S. of 'riding roughshod' over the UK in securing the deal.

So with another brilliant move we let go four terrorist to live the high life in Bermuda. I call them terrorist because common sense tells me that other countries do not want them for a reason, and more than likely they were picked up on or near a battlefield. Does this make anyone else sick to their stomach knowing that there are people really struggling here in the United States and our government decides to set up four terrorist and give them our money for their clothes, get them a place to live, in Bermuda, and probably enough money to start that restaurant they want? Wonder what kind of front that will be for and where their profits will be sent to? Not to mention the fact that Britain is mad as hell that they weren't even consulted over this.