guantanamo bay prison

Washington had approved the release of many of the Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison. But after a Yemen-based al-Qaida affiliate allegedly tried to bomb a U.S. plane, those releases were put on hold.

Now, the delays are stoking anti-American sentiment.

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One year after President Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, 200 detainees remain there. A new study finds judges using wildly different criteria to review the cases — the result of a lack of clear guidelines on issues such as the use of coercion — and how to define an enemy combatant.

The president of Palau, the remote Pacific Island east of the Philippines, said his country was willing to accept some of the Chinese Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

However, many of Palau's residents do not want the Uighurs in the country.

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At the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, there's little outward indication of the turmoil swirling around Washington about its future.

But guards say detainees keep asking whether the camp is going to close — a goal President Obama is facing growing opposition on.

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