WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of Chinese Muslims set to be freed into the U.S. this week from Guantanamo Bay found their freedom stymied yet again after a simple government plea: What's a couple more weeks or so in jail after nearly seven years?... ...full story at AP
from AP on Thu, Oct 09 2008
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Disturbing Interview w/ British Muslim Leader »
YouTube video The British Mullah (in an interview that took place around June of 2007) declares it's OK for Muslims to kill non-Muslims, and he states that he will not condemn anything that one his "Muslim brothers" does.
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No release for Guantanamo’s Uighurs » Peking Duck “Appeals court blocks release of Guantanamo detainees”: A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the release of 17 Chinese-born Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , a day after a landmark decision required them to be freed to the... |
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