Wikileaks, Belgium and its (assumed) fight for prominence. :D
Yesterday, I was reading The Daily Beast list of "The 9 Most Shocking WikiLeaks Secrets". Corruption, real conspiracies & plots, North Korea's clear and present role in nuclear proliferation... terrible, terrible news.
But the one which stands out the most, in my absolutely-not-humble opinion, is number 7:
7. U.S. Offers Payouts in Exchange for Guantanamo Detainees
U.S. authorities were so anxious to resettle Guantanamo prisoners abroad that they were ready to strike any deal with a foreign country willing to take them. Officials offered Kiribati, a tiny island nation in the Pacific-population 98,000-millions of dollars in incentives to shelter Chinese Muslim detainees. They also bribed Slovenian officials to take an inmate in exchange for the chance to meet President Obama. Belgium, meanwhile, was told that taking Guantanamo prisoners would be a “low-cost way…to attain prominence in Europe.”
Hahaha!
But the one which stands out the most, in my absolutely-not-humble opinion, is number 7:
7. U.S. Offers Payouts in Exchange for Guantanamo Detainees
U.S. authorities were so anxious to resettle Guantanamo prisoners abroad that they were ready to strike any deal with a foreign country willing to take them. Officials offered Kiribati, a tiny island nation in the Pacific-population 98,000-millions of dollars in incentives to shelter Chinese Muslim detainees. They also bribed Slovenian officials to take an inmate in exchange for the chance to meet President Obama. Belgium, meanwhile, was told that taking Guantanamo prisoners would be a “low-cost way…to attain prominence in Europe.”
Hahaha!