Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Guantanamo detainees begin life in Palau

KOROR, Palau (AP) - One of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees being resettled in Palau has thanked the Pacific Island nation for taking them in, but signaled it would be only a temporary home.

Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman told The Associated Press on Tuesday the Palauan people had been gracious for letting them come.

He said through an interpreter that "the U.S. government told us this would be a temporary home. We will study English here, look for a job and establish our new lives in this beautiful country."

Rahman is one of a group of Chinese Muslims who came to Palau under a deal struck with U.S. officials.

The six ethnic Uighurs arrived in secret late Sunday and took a tour of the capital of Koror on Tuesday.

2009-11-03     08:23:26 GMT

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