Posted by Tina
Tobythis one’s for YOU:
** WASHINGTON Slowly, gradually, President Barack Obama is moving towards closing down the Guantanamo military prison, symbol of US excesses in the “war on terror,” but difficult hurdles still remain. A major step was taken Friday when France agreed to take in one of about 240 prisoners still languishing in the detention facility at the US naval base in southern Cuba, which Obama wants to shut by January 2010. Agence France-Presse **
The press never fails to amuse.