and in those same articles it mentions that some of the prisoners don't want
to go back to their country of origin due to fear for their lives and some
of the countries don't want them back either. but I guess that does not fit
with your argument so you ignore those facts.
"Rich Ahrens" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Once again ignoring the fact the Pentagon itself acknowledged that more
than 20 percent of them were innocent of charges and should be released.
But still held onto them.

Cite?

You can find articles from last spring (as I said) with five seconds of
effort on Google. Wikipedia quotes one:

"More than a fifth of the approximately 385 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, have been cleared for release but may have to wait months or years
for their freedom because U.S. officials are finding it increasingly
difficult to line up places to send them..." (Source: 82 Inmates Cleared
but Still Held at Guantanamo, by Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, April
29, 2007.)