European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 30 2007 stars and stripes pages cleared Gizmo detainees in diplomatic i by Craig Whitlock the Washington Post than a fifth of the approximately 385 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Cuba have been cleared for release but might have to wait months or years for their Freedom because us officials Are finding it increasingly difficult to line up places to Send them according to Bush administration officials and defense lawyers since february the Pentagon has Noti fied about 85 inmates or their attorneys that they Are eligible to leave after being cleared by military review panels but Only a handful have gone Home including a moroccan and an afghan who were released tuesday eight two re main at Guantanamo and face indefinite Waits As us officials struggle to figure out when and where to Deport them and under what conditions in Many cases the prisoners countries do not want them Back it in general most countries simply do not want to help John Bellinger Legal adviser to Secretary of state condole Ezza Rice another major obstacle us Laws that prevent the deportation of people to coun tries where they could face torture or other human rights abuses As in the Case of 17 chinese Muslim separatists who have been cleared for release but fear they could be executed for political reasons if re turned to China compounding the problem Are persistent refusals by the United states its european Al lies and other countries to Grant Asylum to prisoners who Are stateless or have no place to go in general most countries simply do not want to help said John Bellinger Legal adviser to Secretary of state Condo Legezza Rice this month Clint Williamson the state departments ambassador for War crimes visited Algiers to discuss possible arrange ments for the return of two dozen Algeri ans who remain at Guantanamo but no breakthroughs were reported that coun try has been slow to accept its citizens foreign governments have questioned Why us officials should expect other coun tries to pitch in Given that Washington wont offer Asylum to detainees either the 82 cleared prisoners who remain stuck in limbo come from 16 countries in the Middle East North Africa and South Asia according to defense attorneys who have received official notification of their clients status the Pentagon has reduced the Popula Tion at Guantanamo by roughly half since the Peak of 680 in May 2003 i convicted for going awol hitting Superior Baghdad a us Soldier was convicted by a court martial of returning to Iraq late from a scheduled break and punching a Superior in the face the military said saturday army pc Sean j Maxwell was sentenced to 10 months of confinement a reduced rank and a bad conduct discharge the Mili tary said in a statement the court martial was held april 17 at hotel Forthaus by Garmisch istart1h6mar26h 1 ending n Spring special stay 3 nights get 4th free per person 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benchmarks for Progress Secretary of state condole Ezza Rice said sunday rices comments cast fresh doubt on a potential Compromise Between the democratic led con Gress and the White House in get Ting Money to us troops with a regional conference on Iraq set to begin thursday in Egypt Rice raised the possibility of a rare direct encounter be tween High level us and Ira Nian officials for eign minis Ter Man ouch Ehrgot Takii expect Rice de to Lead his country delegation in Washington this week Bush plans to veto a billion War spending Bill that includes a time line for withdrawing us forces from Iraq in a second version democratic leaders May scrap the timetable but work with re publican lawmakers on Bench Marks ordering the iraqi govern ment to Alfill promises on allocating Oil resources amending its Constitution and expanding demo cratic participation Rice suggested the president would not agree to a plan that penalizes Baghdad if the iraqi government fall shorts to do so she said would remove the ability of Gen David Petraeus the top us military commander in Iraq and other leaders to do their jobs from the associated press Field rations Soldier tested photos Courtesy of the us army sgt Troy Adams of v corps Headquarters and Headquarters company samples Field rations being Soldier tested by officials with the army Soldier research development and Engineer Center at the fatten Barracks dining facility in Heidelberg Germany on Friday Adams gave the new meals particularly the Marinara meatballs a thumbs up it is better than meals ready to the sergeant said ifs got More spices More flavor