Freed Brits "Had Terror Training"
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| Thu, 03-18-2004 - 9:14pm |
18 March, 2004
The Sun claims that four of the five British prisoners recently released from Guantanamo Bay had been trained in guerilla combat by the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists.
http://www.eursoc.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/378/Freed_Brits__Had_Terror_Training_.html
The report is based on information sent from US investigators at the Sun's request, detailing the background and history of the former detainees. All four have denied links with terror groups and have been treated by Britain's media as homecoming "innocents abroad", relieved to be back in Blighty after their two-year ordeal at the hands of their wicked US captors. Their claims of torture and mistreatment (strongly denied by US and British officials) have been used by some newspapers to undermine the war effort, and Britain's close alliance with the US in particular.
Few have questioned their stories of what they were doing in Taliban and al-Qaeda dominated Afghanistan in the first place.
The Sun reports that government insiders, including some ministers, opposed the prisoners' release but were overruled by Tony Blair. The Telegraph also reports that off-record, British officials agree the four are not so innocent, but play down claims of close al-Qaeda involvement. The Telegraph also claims that officials dispute the Sun's claims of a trans-Atlantic divide over the prisoners' release.
As the Sun asserts, nothing is proven against the four men. But in any case, Britain's security forces are said to be keeping the four under tabs, at a cost of £1 million a year.

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Renee
Perhaps terriers aren't all bad. Since then, the enterprising Bush did find aother use for those terriers. They're great as bowling balls apparently. In September of 2002 Bush gave us a demonstration when he used his 16 pound terrier, Barney, to demonstrate by giving him a nice toss.
James
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My point wasn't that you lie, my point was that saying the NYT is lieing or covering the truth is no more true then those who say that all conservatives lie.
James
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I don't think you were around a few months ago when an article that used the term 'pro-abortion' instead of 'pro-choice' was immediately pounced on for using biased language while the same people had been reading articles for years which referred to the 'pro-life' position as 'anti-abortion' without it ever crossing their minds that that was biased, too.
Renee
>"while the same people had been reading articles for years which referred to the 'pro-life' position as 'anti-abortion' without it ever crossing their minds that that was biased, too."<
Excuse me how would YOU know what other posters think. BTW you are WRONG!
You're refering to this thread..........
Renee
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