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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday January 18 2017, @01:09PM
Why would I do that? I don't agree with you. Uniformed soldiers deserve protection because it's something we've more or less all agreed upon. Civilians deserve protection because they're not fighting. Non-uniformed guerrillas and spies and such? Shoot them dead on the spot for all I care. I mean you'd better be able to back up your assertion but they don't deserve a damned bit of consideration. They're intentionally endangering non-combatants' lives to save their own skins. They are scum and the world is better off without them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday January 19 2017, @10:32PM
> Non-uniformed guerrillas and spies and such? Shoot them dead on the spot for all I care. I mean you'd better be able to back
> up your assertion but they don't deserve a damned bit of consideration. They're intentionally endangering non-combatants' lives
> to save their own skins. They are scum and the world is better off without them.
That's pretty much what the SS were doing to the Resistance, and anyone else helping fight the Occupation (a good reason why waterboarding is a very touchy subject in Europe). It has been decided that this was not something that should be repeated by "civilized" nations.
Despite the victors getting to write the History books, you're placing yourself on the wrong side on this one...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday January 20 2017, @12:43AM
I'm utterly unconcerned about which side of history I'm on. By my moral code I am spot on the money and that's all that matters.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday January 24 2017, @05:51AM
Non-uniformed guerrillas and spies and such? Shoot them dead on the spot for all I care.
This sounds very much like Mr. Obama's Disposition Matrix, the difference being that many of the killings he ordered were done from afar rather than face-to-face.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposition_Matrix [wikipedia.org]