Monday, March 1, 2010

Justices dismiss Gitmo Uyghurs' appeal

Chinese Muslims (Uyghurs) asked to be released into the U.S. from American Military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba but their request was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court. These men were accused of recieving weapons and military training in Afghanistan. The U.S. does not want to send them back to their homeland because they are afraid that they would be tortured even though China says that they would not be mistreated. The Uyghurs were eventually ruled that they were not enemies anymore but they were still imprisoned. Eventually when they were released they were not allowed to live in the U.S. but they could create new homes somewhere else.
I think that the U.S. had the right to hold the Uyghurs in custody. I would rather the 5 possible terrorists be held in jail than to have another 9/11. It is better to be safe than sorry. If they were trained in Afghanistan and they had weapons than we shouldn't have let them out at all. Nothing good can come of weapons and training by terrorists. The U.S. should have released them back into their home country. China probably would have punished them which is exactly what they deserved. Why should we look out for the Uyghurs well being when they were against us and were for the terrorists that want to hurt America.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/01/uyghur.appeal/index.html?iref=allsearch

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