U.S. asks Vatican for help with Guantanamo inmates
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - The United States, which is seeking ways to close Guantanamo Bay prison camp and to transfer inmates to third countries, asked the Vatican on Monday for help finding "humanitarian solutions" for inmates, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made the request at a meeting with Vatican counterpart Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Holy See.
While the Vatican gave no details on what kind of help the U.S. was seeking, a senior State Department official said Kerry reiterated Obama's commitment to closing the center and described recent progress in diplomatic efforts to transfer detainees to third countries, including Uruguay.
The United States asked for "the Holy See's assistance in seeking adequate humanitarian solutions for current inmates", Lombardi said in comments published on the Vatican Radio website.
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MADem
(135,425 posts)Maybe they want Frank to see if there's room at the inn in Argentina...? These wouldn't be the first to be resettled in the Americas, after all....Uruguay helped out and took a bunch recently.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/13/opinion/uruguays-guantanamo-gesture.html
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Problem is, who knows if all these detainees are actually bad guys. We held shitloads of them for years, only to release them already.
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snooper2
(30,151 posts)PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)is the sort of thing I'd punch for a Jury but I'm a tolerant guy compared to others. and yes the study did say more men than women are idiots... I'd have a proper response for this but I won't stoop to your level
snooper2
(30,151 posts)come on there is some funny stuff out there...for example- I always found this hilarious where they wrote :and he died LOL
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 male and female created he them; Mt. 19.4 · Mk. 10.6 and blessed them, Gen. 1.27, 28 and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 ¶ And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 and Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
8 and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 ¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Ca-i'nan:
10 and Enos lived after he begat Ca-i'nan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
11 and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 ¶ And Ca-i'nan lived seventy years, and begat Mahal'aleel:
13 and Ca-i'nan lived after he begat Mahal'aleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
14 and all the days of Ca-i'nan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 ¶ And Mahal'aleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 and Mahal'aleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
17 and all the days of Mahal'aleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18 ¶ And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methu'selah:
22 and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methu'selah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 and Enoch Heb. 11.5 walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 ¶ And Methu'selah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 and Methu'selah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 and all the days of Methu'selah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 ¶ And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 and he called his name Noah, 6 saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 ¶ And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)obstruction is the thing thst must not be mentioned, otherwise how can they blame Obama?
Not like they would be tortured or something if they were detained on American soil, right?
JDDavis
(725 posts)their seminaries where they used to train priests?
All those empty beds, maybe the RCC could mold them from militant Muslims into powerful humble Catholic priests.
Both groups are "true believers".
What could possibly go wrong?