RUSSIA - April 2 - Three Russians Among Taliban & Al Qaida Captives.Itar-Tass reports three Russian citizens are among the Taliban and Al Qaida captives at the US naval base A naval base primarily for support of the forces afloat, contiguous to a port or anchorage, consisting of activities or facilities for which the Navy has operating responsibilities, together with interior lines of communications and the minimum surrounding area necessary for local in Guantanamo Bay Noun 1. Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903 bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf , Cuba. Moscow wants to extradite ex·tra·dite v. ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites v.tr. 1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority. 2. and prosecute them in Russia. Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky says the authorities are preparing cases against them on charges of illegally crossing Russia's borders and serving as mercenaries. He says the Russian captives have not denied their guilt to Russian investigators who visited them in Guantanamo. (US investigators are determining the identities and nationalities of the prisoners at Guantanamo and are not releasing their names or confirming names even if their countries of legal residence identify them. But US officials have said there are prisoners from 33 countries. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: "There are still a lot of people down in Guantanamo - we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. who they are"). |
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