Monday, February 20, 2006

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US Should Close Down Guantanamo Bay, Says Abdullah

MELAKA, Feb 20 -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said it is better for the United States to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba following the disclosure of photographs and stories about the centre becoming more of a torture concentration camp.

The Prime Minister said the United States itself had admitted the offences committed against the detainees there.

"Many groups are of the opinion that the centre should not be continued and should be closed down because the photographs and stories about the centre had indicated that it is being used as a place where torture is being carried out without public lnowledge," he said on Monday.

"Now, it has alrady been exposed and the United States itself admitted the offences, but more (atrocities) are being committed. When the matter was widely talked about, there should no longer be any more cruelty.

"It's better for the United States if the centre were closed down," Abdullah added.

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