Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Germany Considers Taking Released Guantánamo Prisoners

From International Herald Tribune:

BERLIN: Germany is considering taking released inmates from the U.S.-run Guantánamo Bay prison camp who refuse or cannot return to their home countries when it finally closes down, officials said Monday.

The foreign minister, Frank Walter Steinmeier, has asked officials to look into the legal, political and practical aspects of accepting former inmates, a ministry spokesman, Jens Plötner, said Monday. Steinmeier then plans to discuss the issue with his European Union counterparts at a meeting in January.

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