There is an admission of defeat: U.S. Defence Secretary Gates has now said the closure of the world have criticized Guantanamo is very unlikely. President Barack Obama had campaigned vigorously for it. Blame for the bicycle kick was the opposition. Washington - The U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo will probably not be closed.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the prospect of the world criticized camp in Cuba is actually dissolved, are "very, very small". Gates justified this by the opposition of the Republicans in the Parliament - the conservative party is reluctant to house suspected terrorists in prisons on the U.S. mainland.
Moreover, few other countries were ready to take Guantanamo inmates, Gates made clear before a congressional committee. The camp, where 172 prisoners are currently incarcerated still is a very contentious issue in the U.S.: President Barack Obama had signed in a media-gesture two days after taking office in January 2009 an order to close Guantanamo within a year.
Although he has not met the promise. But the goal of closing has been Obama continues - but without committing to a new date. The camp Obama's predecessor George W. Bush after the terrorist attacks of 2001 had built. There also hosts the controversial military tribunals. Human rights groups criticized the detention conditions and the fact that most prisoners are locked up there for many years without the U.S. have filed charges.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the prospect of the world criticized camp in Cuba is actually dissolved, are "very, very small". Gates justified this by the opposition of the Republicans in the Parliament - the conservative party is reluctant to house suspected terrorists in prisons on the U.S. mainland.
Moreover, few other countries were ready to take Guantanamo inmates, Gates made clear before a congressional committee. The camp, where 172 prisoners are currently incarcerated still is a very contentious issue in the U.S.: President Barack Obama had signed in a media-gesture two days after taking office in January 2009 an order to close Guantanamo within a year.
Although he has not met the promise. But the goal of closing has been Obama continues - but without committing to a new date. The camp Obama's predecessor George W. Bush after the terrorist attacks of 2001 had built. There also hosts the controversial military tribunals. Human rights groups criticized the detention conditions and the fact that most prisoners are locked up there for many years without the U.S. have filed charges.
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