Guantanamo To Close In Obama's First Term: US Envoy -- AFP
BRUSSELS — Guantanamo Bay prison will close before the end of Barack Obama's first term, US officials said Wednesday, but "fewer than 50" detainees will still be held because it is unsafe to free or try them.
Their comments came with the president having already missed an initial deadline to shut the notorious detention centre.
"Yes," said special envoy Daniel Fried when asked whether Obama could get the job done before he was up for re-election.
"I'm confident it will be closed under President Obama's first term," he told reporters in Brussels.
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Update #1: Guantanamo should close within 3 years: report -- Reuters
Update #2: Guantánamo camp to close before Obama's term of office ends - envoy -- Irish Times
My Comment: Hmmmm ..... 3 years ..... I still have my doubts.
Whatever happened to the Executive Order Obama issued on January 22, 2009 stating that Guantanamo would be closed within a year?
ReplyDeletehttp://robvstate.com/2010/01/25/closure-of-guantanamo-detention-facilities/