Former President George W. Bush, right, waves as he is introduced to speak at the Manufacturers & Business Association's 104th annual event in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, June 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)George W. Bush Warns On Closure Of Guantamano Bay Jail -- ABC News
FORMER US president George W.Bush has issued a warning against Barack Obama's decision to close the Guantamano Bay jail for terrorist suspects, saying "there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat".
Effectively ridiculing the President's policy on Guantanamo Bay, Mr Bush said "persuasion" and "therapy" would not cause terrorists to change their minds about the US.
Under Mr Obama's policy, the remaining 200 Guantanamo prisoners could be transferred to the US to stand trial, sent to countries willing to accept them or detained indefinitely in American super-max prisons if they could not be tried but were considered too dangerous.
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My Comment: Ex-President George Bush gives his first major speech since leaving office .... and I have to read it in an Australian paper. I guess that says it all.
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