Oman says it has accepted 10 inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office.
[...] Oman said it accepted the prisoners at Obama's request. It did not name the prisoners.
"To meet a request by the US government to assist in settling the issue of the detainees at Guantanamo, out of consideration of their humanitarian situation, 10 people released from that prison arrived in the Sultanate of Oman for a temporary residency," a foreign ministry statement said.
19 of the remaining 55 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were cleared for release just days ago.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @10:20PM
Can't stop the conservative white folk oppression meme. It's the flipside of the Civil Rights movement and the general tolarance/PC movement, except it doesn't have any moral integrity. The only integrity I've seen is with the concerns about offshoring jobs.
Civil rights? They're taking away muh bigotry! Abortions? They're taking away muh sense of moral superiority! Government programs of any type? They're stealin' muh monies!
This is why we can't have nice things, because a good portion of people want to bring their self-righteous boot down on things which do not affect their own lives. Then the politicians and media use that emotional naivety to split the public apart.
I will stick to the actual data which shows the Republicans on the losing side of progress, and the Democrats overreaching to create a police state. Let's see if we can take the good parts of each side and leave the ghouls behind.