BRITAIN
All Guantanamo detainees released
Police have freed all five Britons flown home from Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba and the former terrorism suspects began denouncing their U.S. captors March 11 amid questions about why they were held for two years.
The United States turned over the five detainees to British custody March 9, and by March 10 British police and prosecutors decided to release all of them without charge.
This could cause trouble for Prime Minister Tony Blair, who will face public dismay as to why it took so long for Washington's closest ally to win its citizens' freedom if authorities at home concluded they should not face trial.
The Japan Times Weekly: March 20, 2004 (C) All rights reserved
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