Nations accepting Guantanamo detainees


	Nations accepting Guantanamo detainees

beanz

8-30-2009 2:15 AM

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8-30-2009 11:47 AM

Seosamh Dalzell

Meanwhile the Canadian gov't (ie Steven Harper's Conservatives) are resisting the the Supreme Court's pronouncement requiring Canada to repatriate one of our own citizens from Guantánamo. Shame on us!

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