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Ex-Guantanamo Detainee in Uruguay Wants to Discuss Future
Source: Associated Press
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee in Uruguay Wants to Discuss Future
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Mar 23, 2015, 6:28 PM ET
By PETER PRENGAMAN and LEONARDO HABERKORN Associated Press
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who led hunger strikes as a prisoner and was resettled in Uruguay along with five other ex-inmates said Monday he had requested a meeting with the foreign minister to talk about the men's future in the South American country.
Abu Wa'el Dhiab told The Associated Press that he had requested a meeting with Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa to speak "about everything here."
Dhiab, from Syria, declined to confirm a Washington Post report on Saturday that quoted him as saying he planned a hunger strike outside the U.S. embassy to protest the men's current situation and demand that the United States help them financially.
"I don't know if I'm going to do a hunger strike," Dhiab told the AP. "I will talk about this after the meeting."
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Mar 23, 2015, 6:28 PM ET
By PETER PRENGAMAN and LEONARDO HABERKORN Associated Press
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who led hunger strikes as a prisoner and was resettled in Uruguay along with five other ex-inmates said Monday he had requested a meeting with the foreign minister to talk about the men's future in the South American country.
Abu Wa'el Dhiab told The Associated Press that he had requested a meeting with Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa to speak "about everything here."
Dhiab, from Syria, declined to confirm a Washington Post report on Saturday that quoted him as saying he planned a hunger strike outside the U.S. embassy to protest the men's current situation and demand that the United States help them financially.
"I don't know if I'm going to do a hunger strike," Dhiab told the AP. "I will talk about this after the meeting."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guantanamo-detainee-uruguay-discuss-future-29851671
