Saw this earlier and lost it. It could be a really good start to getting rid of Gitmo forever and an important offer of goodwill for President Obama.
Portugal has offered to grant asylum to Guantánamo prisoners in a move that could help the incoming Obama administration accelerate closure of the controversial detention camp.
Luis Amado, the Portuguese foreign minister, on Thursday said Portugal stood ready to take some of the Guantánamo detainees, and urged other members of the European Union to follow suit.
”The time has come for the European Union to step forward,” Mr Amado wrote to his European counterparts in a letter to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
”We should send a clear signal of our willingness to help the US government… through the resettlement of detainees. As far as the Portuguese government is concerned, we will be available to participate.”
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