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freedetainees.org Court refuses to immediately free Turkic Muslims Posted: 21 Oct 2008 10:37 PM CDT By HOPE YEN WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Monday refused to allow the immediate release into the U.S. of 17 Turkic Muslims being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, agreeing to keep them in prison for at least several more weeks. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. [...] Omar Khadr: The Guantánamo Files Posted: 21 Oct 2008 01:47 PM CDT By Andy Worthington When is a child not a child? Apparently, when he is Omar Khadr, a 15-year-old Canadian who was shot in the back after a firefight in Afghanistan in July 2002. Omar has been in U.S. custody ever since, first at a prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, and for the last six years [...] Surprise! - NOT! Bush Decides To Keep Guantanamo Open Posted: 21 Oct 2008 01:12 PM CDT Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials. Bush’s top advisers held a series of meetings at the [...] Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner -- http://freedetainees.org