On Friday it was announced that four "British residents" would be released from Guantanamo Bay within weeks.
The four "Britons" are Omar Deghayes, Jamil el-Banna, 55, Sameur Abdenour, 34, and Shaker Abdur-Raheem Aamer, 39.
Abdenour claims he was sold to the Americans after travelling to Afghanistan and admits obtaining false identity papers. El-Banna was arrested in Gambia after he went there, he claims, to meet a shipment of machine parts to be used to set up an edible oil factory. Deghayes lived in Brighton but moved temporarily to Afghanistan, as you do. Aamer moved to Britain in 1996 but in 2001 he was apparently working for a Saudi charity in Afghanistan!
None of the men are British nationals: Deghayes is Libyan; el-Banna is Jordanian; Abdur-Raheem Aamer is a Saudi; Abdenour is an Algerian army deserter - so why has Gordon Brown asked for their release?
The Pentagon says that all four men are dangerous. They claim that el-Banna is a leading recruiter and financier for al-Qaeda; that Deghayes is an al-Qaeda associate and Abdenour has undergone combat training in Afghanistan.
Abdur-Raheem Aamer is returning to his native Saudi Arabia but the others are coming to London. Again, why? If they have to be released, they should be returned to their own countries. We have enough people already here with a hatred of this country without importing more.
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