US President George Bush today acknowledged European concerns about the detainees the United States is holding at Guantanmo Bay, but said some were "cold-blooded" killers that needed to be brought to justice.
"I understand their concerns," Mr Bush said at a US-European Union summit in Vienna, Austria. "I'd like to end Guantanamo.
I'd like it to be over with." Mr Bush said 200 Guantanamo detainees had been sent home, and that of the 460 remaining, most were from Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan.
"There are some who need to be tried in US courts," Mr Bush said. "They're cold-blooded killers. They will murder somebody if they are let out on the street."