Portugal To Accept Gitmo Detainees

Portugal is the only nation that has said it is willing to take in freed prisoners from Guantanamo camp. "The time has come for the European Union to step forward," stated Luise Amado, Portugal's minister of state and foreign affairs. "As a matter of principle and coherence, we should send a clear signal of our willingness to help the U.S. government in that regard, namely through the resettlement of detainees." Amado urged fellow EU member nations to accept inmates not considered security risks as a way to help close Guantanamo. Bush has asked numerous nations for years to assist the U.S. but none, other than, Portugal, has accepted the request.