Former Guantanamo Bay detainees on Tuesday thanked the people of Palau for taking them in, but signaled the Pacific Island nation would be a temporary home. The six ethnic Chinese Muslims began general orientation of their new home on Tuesday, getting their first look at the capital of Koror and meeting some officials. President Johnson Toribiong welcomed the group when they arrived before dawn Sunday on a secret flight, and he will treat them to a personal tour later this week.
November 03, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Former Guantanamo Bay detainees on Tuesday thanked the people of Palau for taking them in, but signaled the Pacific Island nation would be only a temporary home.
“We are extremely grateful to the president of Palau and the people of Palau who have graciously accepted us and given us this home,” Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman told The Associated Press, in the first comments by the former detainees since they arrived on Sunday.
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