Obama To Sign Gitmo Closure Order Thursday

By doris | Published: January 21, 2009

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CBS/ AP) President Barack Obama plans to sign on Thursday an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and halt military trials of terror suspects held there, the Associated Press reported.

The executive order was one of three expected imminently on how to interrogate and prosecute al Qaeda, Taliban or other foreign fighters believed to threaten the United States.

A senior Obama aide said he would sign the order on Thursday, fulfilling his campaign promise to shut down a facility that critics around the world say violates domestic and international detainee rights. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the event has not yet been announced.

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