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Al Jazeera and Fox News (Tor-friendly archived copy) report that fifteen captives have been released from the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. The prisoners, who were captured in Afghanistan and Yemen, are being transferred to the United Arab Emirates for settlement.
There remain 61 prisoners at the camp, of whom at least 19 have been cleared for release.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 19 2016, @06:01PM
That is not a bad observation. But, I'll counter that all of the jihadists represent Islam. They are members of a military force of a political movement. Islam isn't just a religion, it is also a political, judicial, and social structure. Think of the Holy Roman Empire, for comparison.
Uniforms. You've got me on that one. We captured spies? Execute them. That can be justified. Indefinite imprisonment, deprived of all human rights cannot be justified.