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Tue 11 Nov 2008Complexities behind the Guantánamo promise
OPINION:US president-elect Barack Obama says he is going to close Guantánamo, but it will not be an easy process, writes FIONA de LONDRAS
IN SPITE of Barack Obama's election promises to close Guantánamo Bay detention centre, repeated in his first substantial post-election interview, and to "charge or release" detainees, the US president-elect is surely now realising that the complexity of the situation calls for more nuance than an election campaign allows. The physical closure of Guantánamo Bay is in itself uncomplicated; it is what to do with the detainees that is likely to cause difficulty.
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