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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (11074)	12/8/2007 10:32:24 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Detainee fears being shipped to Algeria (Gitmo guy doesn't want to be released) Associated Press ^ \| December 6, 2007 \| Pete Yost news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday zeroed in on the problem of Guantanamo Bay in reverse — detainees in U.S. custody who want out but don't want to be sent home. Ahmed Belbacha isn't happy to be at Guantanamo Bay, but neither is he happy about the alternative he says was chosen for him by the U.S. government, Algeria, where Belbacha says he'll be tortured. Belbacha's lawyer, David Remes, asked a three-judge panel to block any plans the Bush administration might have for moving his client into Algerian custody until the Supreme Court decides a case covering all Guantanamo Bay prisoners. [Snip] There are other Guantanamo Bay cases with similarities to Belbacha's. [Snip] Guantanamo Bay isn't the only place where people in custody are resisting being sent somewhere else. Two naturalized U.S. citizens held in Baghdad and an Afghan held at the Bagram military base in Afghanistan are resisting efforts to turn them over to local authorities. On Friday, the Supreme Court will decide whether it will hear the cases of the two naturalized U.S. citizens. (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ....