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'I want Guantanamo empty'
09/06/2006 21:08 - (SA)
Camp David - United States President George W Bush said on Friday that he hoped to "empty" the US-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by sending some detainees home and trying the "most dangerous" in US courts.
Bush said he understood concerns about the facility, raised by visiting Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
"I assured him that we would like to end the Guantanamo; we'd like it to be empty," said Bush.
"We're now in the process of working with countries to repatriate people, but there are some that - if put out on the streets - could create grave harm to American citizens and other citizens of the world.
"And therefore I believe they ought to be tried in courts here in the United States.
"We will file such court claims once the (US) supreme court makes its decision as to whether or not - as to the proper venue for these trials. And we're waiting on our supreme court to act."
About 460 prisoners are being held at the military-run prison at Guantanamo, the site of a US naval base on the southeastern tip of Cuba.
Only 10 have been formally charged. None have gone on trial.
- AFP
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