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insight to the bone 8 years ago

Ghana belongs to the Akans and Africa to the Africans,not Arabs ,Lebanese , Islam or any other occupational retrogressive ,corrupt forces.For those in doubt see events around the bond of 1844 and agreements of 1871 which were ...
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Ghana belongs to the Akans and Africa to the Africans,not Arabs ,Lebanese , Islam or any other occupational retrogressive ,corrupt forces.For those in doubt see events around the bond of 1844 and agreements of 1871 which were the basis for independence and tell me if its about Arabs , ewes , Muslims , Lebanese or what have yous. Its idiots who teach children to think Akosombo is ewe and Akans of Accra are now Gas by identity if not ethnicity.JJ's fake revolution was nothing but a war against the Akans camouflaged by politics of propaganda rhetoric. When they realized that Kutu Acheampong and some of the Akan intelligentsia with the then stakeholders were considering the Secession or separation of the Ewes from the rest of us they decided to decapitate the threat as they would lose their breadbasket of Gold and cocoa. That is why all the generals and upper echelon of the army and security were murdered. They then needed purge the civil service of any threat so under the guise of an IMF program fired most and the rest were driven out by being falsely accused of being agents of the CIA , where in the world did the CIA in peace time employ over 100,000 foreign civil servants as informants? America very gladly accepted these highly trained people and kept quiet. Now these ayigbe are clutching to the last straws of power but we shall boot them out this year. This issue of these gitmo ex cons is deal between Nana ,Mahama and Obama so crying over spilt milk is pointless. America knows the lives of these aint worth shit here as just like these criminal idiots who come to Ghana because of gold end up dead weekly and so are no more even news so will these 2 be dealt with sooner or later and they can never be protected successfully by our national security. America has used this to teach us a lesson , if we allow a corrupt compromised president to sit there and we not act any power political , criminal or national will sooner or later be able to twist his arm to do something detrimental to the interests of the people. Since the bond of 1844 for only nation that has always been on our side through think and thin is the USA and as such are our brothers. We are to blame and we are lucky they sent us the 2 instead of some other insidious woe. Political parties should now weed out all corrupt elements and focus on those who are loyal to the needs and wants of our people. The reaction of the chief imam and his spokesman also confirms that Islam and Muslims have no loyalty to the interests of the majority or the people of Ghana so we need to do everything to separate ourselves or ban Islam. Why is it that common sense does not factor in the equation and they rejoice at the reception of these terrorists . Is it because they now have the direct links to start undermining even more the society? They add insult to injury and claim we are xenophobic but refuse to recognize the fact that we would react in the same way when the USA chooses to start exporting their other criminals like pedophiles , mafia cosa nostra or simple psychopath murderers. If we were calm in receiving their criminals then that would be cause for worry so they should all shut the fuck up.
The silence of Nana on the matter of these gitmo ex cons is a confirmation that both he and Mahama have capitulated in the face of a greater force and i suspect the super power USA. Like it or not America has waded into our conflict and you will now see a structural transition of power to the NPP . Notice all of a sudden the dumsor is no issue , corrupt ministers resigning over trivialities without a fight ,etc.The idea NDC has denied us our cutlass revolution and opted out 9 months before the election for a peaceful transition of power is FALSE, my advice to you folks is to remain steadfast in the battle to remove NDC from there. Americans are naive to think that NDC will go peacefully , we have checked and noticed that they have increased activities to cause chaos around the election which will lead to ethnic conflict and war , they have no intention of respecting any agreement which includes them relinquishing power. We would like to forget about politics and concentrate on rebuilding our country , heal the wounds and create unity but it seems the Americans did not learn anything from their experience with Qaddafi , he broke so many agreements that in the end its was only by war and force he was removed from there. ITS NOT OVER YET. Frenzied activities are ongoing to make sure the pepeni/ayigbe alliance of evil does not leave in peace so go back to your preparations of defending yourselves when war starts . Do not be massacred like chickens as our brothers in Libya were because they refused to read the signs of the times .We witness the activities of these extremist criminals in Burkina Faso and realize we must have these 2 executed before its too late. When America couldnt find friends or allies to willing take these gitmo ex cons they turned to their brothers who because of corruption have a compromised leadership so can be arm twisted to accept the unthinkable. Radical extremist probloms require radical swift solutions , we should bribe our corrupt security agencies to kill these idiots who agreed to come here and be the nucleus of future destabilization . The embassy honestly admits they can not vouch for these criminals which confirms even after 14 years incarceration they are not rehabilitated
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

If Osagyefo accepted them, he will have conditioned it on something big and beneficial for Ghana, like ending dumsor immediately. Nkrumah was too intelligent to be compared to Mahama and evil Hannah Tetteh.

If Osagyefo accepted them, he will have conditioned it on something big and beneficial for Ghana, like ending dumsor immediately. Nkrumah was too intelligent to be compared to Mahama and evil Hannah Tetteh.
KERKERLI 8 years ago

WHY HAS YEMEN REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN NATIONALS IF THEY ARE OF LOW RISK AS MAHAMA WANTS US TO BELIEVE. THIS GUY IS SO STUPID AND WANTS TO BRING RELIGION INTO THIS SECURITY MATTER.

WHY HAS YEMEN REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN NATIONALS IF THEY ARE OF LOW RISK AS MAHAMA WANTS US TO BELIEVE. THIS GUY IS SO STUPID AND WANTS TO BRING RELIGION INTO THIS SECURITY MATTER.
ed 8 years ago

PEOPLE LIKE HIM AND MAHAMA ARE THE TRADERS THAT LIVE IN GHANA MR SANA LOYALTY IS TI GITMO CONVICTS AND NOT GHANA WE CAN SEE IT BY THE WAY HE BEAHVE

PEOPLE LIKE HIM AND MAHAMA ARE THE TRADERS THAT LIVE IN GHANA MR SANA LOYALTY IS TI GITMO CONVICTS AND NOT GHANA WE CAN SEE IT BY THE WAY HE BEAHVE
MENSA 8 years ago

Mustafa sanah ,mahama ,Hanna tetth and Ghana imam are supporters of the radical Muslim terrorist and therefore they must be arrested immd and drag into court to explain their treason against Ghana people

Mustafa sanah ,mahama ,Hanna tetth and Ghana imam are supporters of the radical Muslim terrorist and therefore they must be arrested immd and drag into court to explain their treason against Ghana people
edi 8 years ago

they clearly have hidden agenda to stand with terrorists against us cant you see this Muslim Mustafa
behaver and talk? this muslim man cant be trusted he is
double talking here

they clearly have hidden agenda to stand with terrorists against us cant you see this Muslim Mustafa
behaver and talk? this muslim man cant be trusted he is
double talking here
Wells 8 years ago

God Help Us. This President have wholeheartedly invited these people to hit Ghana. It is not a matter of when but rather how. I hope the security authorities will not only focus on the two but all Hotels sports stadiums, mall ...
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God Help Us. This President have wholeheartedly invited these people to hit Ghana. It is not a matter of when but rather how. I hope the security authorities will not only focus on the two but all Hotels sports stadiums, malls, and even markets. I mean if they target Ghana we are in trouble because there are more places that they can get us. You see, a peaceful Country like Ghana should not allow our country to be used as a pawn for political expediency. And that is what Mahama has done. So so so sad indeed. And the parliamentarians are as toothless as a sleeping sheep.
akuffo addo retirement party 8 years ago

I guess you are not abreast with world events, there is war in Yemen. I think you are the one invoking religion .

I guess you are not abreast with world events, there is war in Yemen. I think you are the one invoking religion .
Alhaji Suleimana 8 years ago

How many citizens of Yemen have you seen in abroad seeking asylum? Is there no one to receive them? Where are their parents living that they will travel from to visit them, that they them selves can not live with them there? ...
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How many citizens of Yemen have you seen in abroad seeking asylum? Is there no one to receive them? Where are their parents living that they will travel from to visit them, that they them selves can not live with them there? All that what you are saying is bogus and had a low reasoning.

The welcoming of these two potential terrorists to our country Ghana is an invitation to terror groups to come and kill Ghanaians because our incompetent president Mahama has declared him self cooperative to the USA Anti-terrorist war. Now Ghana is becoming another Guantanamo Bay in smaller part. If this senseless president think, these two are innocent, why are you not set them free? Why are other countries like Saudi Arabians are not taking them? What about the other Islamic countries that share the same or similar culture and traditions with these two?

You do not seem to reasoning, you are just following the announcement of your northern brother John Mahama even though his steps are worst for the country. Mahama is a hardship him self, not fit at all to rule Ghana.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 8 years ago

Ghanaians who supported Mahama will one day live to regret about the terrorists in our midst. Let people read about their recent activities in Syria and Iraq. Only two terrorists formed a cell in Sudan where Bin Laden had a h ...
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Ghanaians who supported Mahama will one day live to regret about the terrorists in our midst. Let people read about their recent activities in Syria and Iraq. Only two terrorists formed a cell in Sudan where Bin Laden had a heaven to form more cells. Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Somalia are all having it now.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-John Salifu....
No one in right frame of mind will support this NDC folks who lack basic intelligence. They cannot think. They just lack this ability or is it that their IQ is that low?
It simply doesn't make sense ...
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Author:-John Salifu....
No one in right frame of mind will support this NDC folks who lack basic intelligence. They cannot think. They just lack this ability or is it that their IQ is that low?
It simply doesn't make sense that a whole bunch of people cannot think!!!
KERKERLI 8 years ago

MAHAMA SHOULD EITHER SEND THEM TO BOLE OR LIVE WITH THEM IN CANTONMENTS SO WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT ANY SERIOUS THREAT TO THE NATION.

MAHAMA SHOULD EITHER SEND THEM TO BOLE OR LIVE WITH THEM IN CANTONMENTS SO WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT ANY SERIOUS THREAT TO THE NATION.
Stoway 8 years ago

You see Nana as Attorney General sign the pact that allows detainee transfer and by that US called on Ghana to accept the two who selected Ghana as their choice.
Now if Ghana rejects them, then the signal we are sending out ...
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You see Nana as Attorney General sign the pact that allows detainee transfer and by that US called on Ghana to accept the two who selected Ghana as their choice.
Now if Ghana rejects them, then the signal we are sending out there to their sympathizers and families is that we hate them and they will rather plan havoc.
The Christian Council and the Catholic Bishops are making it worse by rejecting them. This way, they are making all Ghanaian Christians as targets. You know these extremists claim they are muslims and foolishly go killing Christians and those who hate them. So which one is safer, accepting or rejecting them?
Mahama is smart to have accepted them to avoid any backlash but the NPP is politicizing it and making Christian at risk.
Analyst 8 years ago

Try to reason well my brother. The terrorists you are referring to in Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria etc, I don't think that you are saying they were ex-detainees of the US from Guantanamo bay. Nobody can dispute the danger terr ...
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Try to reason well my brother. The terrorists you are referring to in Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Nigeria etc, I don't think that you are saying they were ex-detainees of the US from Guantanamo bay. Nobody can dispute the danger terrorists pose wherever they are but the issue here is about offering refuge to two fellow human beings who had been wrongfully detained by the US for 14 years without trial as they have been found to have done nothing to be tried for. It is therefore not right to call them terrorists. Hosting them therefore is an act of compassion.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-THE PATRIOT....
NDC members should admit to themselves (privately) that Nana is absolutely spot-on. We all know that Lordina has the last say on contracts and appointments. I hate to see Nana make such a valid point. ...
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Author:-THE PATRIOT....
NDC members should admit to themselves (privately) that Nana is absolutely spot-on. We all know that Lordina has the last say on contracts and appointments. I hate to see Nana make such a valid point.

NDC is the real mass party to which the ordinary person feels attached. Sadly, however, the party is now saddled with incompetent, ineffective and shambolic leadership.
Mobert Rogabe 8 years ago

..hosting them therefore is an act of compassion... that act of compassion should be in the US and NOT in Ghana. Now analyse that!!!

..hosting them therefore is an act of compassion... that act of compassion should be in the US and NOT in Ghana. Now analyse that!!!
Maka a maka 8 years ago

Ok. So those two guys were wrongfully detained and therefore the wrongfulness should be reversed. The question is whose responsibility to correct the wrongful detention? Is it not the one who detained them? Can somebody pleas ...
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Ok. So those two guys were wrongfully detained and therefore the wrongfulness should be reversed. The question is whose responsibility to correct the wrongful detention? Is it not the one who detained them? Can somebody please tell us the role Ghana payed in their detention which makes us a candidate for the correction?

Some people are blinded by so much hypocrisy that it stops them from thinking objectively.

Another thing if the importation of the two is so much to the benefit of Ghanaians why was the who thing shrouded in secrecy until the internationally unwanted fellows were on our soils? Knowing politician, they would have bragged about it long before they left their cells. But the whole issue smells rat but like all issues in Ghana we are playing politics with it. No wonder we are going back in development. 58 years after independence we have lost even the basic things we credited ourselves with as an independent nation - no railway, no ship no airline and yet we have the resources to adopt people from everywhere with dubious background at mind burglng cost - when we can't even support a 24 hour power supply. It is just madness to the nonsense point.

Ok go ahead and keep playing politics with it until the bombs start exploding in our market places and other public gatherings.
Saint Ghfuo: FREE YOUR PSYCHE 8 years ago

DID U ASK YOURSELF WHY?....

DID U ASK YOURSELF WHY?....
Akans Prophecies 8 years ago

He calls two terrorist gentelmen! These two are 100% terrorist, who have admitted being trained as Al Queda's terrorist, what else? It is ridiculous trying to potrail them as islamic missionaries, or repented . In a world of ...
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He calls two terrorist gentelmen! These two are 100% terrorist, who have admitted being trained as Al Queda's terrorist, what else? It is ridiculous trying to potrail them as islamic missionaries, or repented . In a world of ours today, where terrorism is a factor to legitimise a religious cause, these two are never welcome, even on humanitarians facelift.Ghanas image is in violation . A peaceful country ,slowly washing away to the status of a collaborator in terrorism. Rather unfortunate ! Mahama and his NDC ....Something always gets wrong through Mahama .
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 8 years ago

WHY DON'T AMERICA KEEP THEM IF THEY ARE NOT TREAT TO THEIR SECURITY.

WHY DON'T AMERICA KEEP THEM IF THEY ARE NOT TREAT TO THEIR SECURITY.
Queenie 8 years ago

Why am i not surprised that this man will applaud accommodating these two people?

Why am i not surprised that this man will applaud accommodating these two people?
Kpenyigba Kwesi 8 years ago

Distinguished writer has said a lot but said nothing which can help solve the problem. If USA cannot vouch for their criminals WHY should Ghana hosts the 2 men in the first place! They must go back home

Distinguished writer has said a lot but said nothing which can help solve the problem. If USA cannot vouch for their criminals WHY should Ghana hosts the 2 men in the first place! They must go back home
VVIP 8 years ago

THE GOOD PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO LOVE THIS NATON WILL CRITICISE, FOR YOU AS A BIG FOOL WILL SUPPORT MAHAMA FOOLISH IDEAS BECAUSE YOU ARE A THIEF LIKE HIM.

THE GOOD PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO LOVE THIS NATON WILL CRITICISE, FOR YOU AS A BIG FOOL WILL SUPPORT MAHAMA FOOLISH IDEAS BECAUSE YOU ARE A THIEF LIKE HIM.
Ab 8 years ago

most people perpetrating evil against the country go by names like ativor, issah, Ibrahim, atimbila, ametepe, anyidoho n the likes. NDC always capitalise on weak n narrow-minded people like northerners, ewes, illiterates,vill ...
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most people perpetrating evil against the country go by names like ativor, issah, Ibrahim, atimbila, ametepe, anyidoho n the likes. NDC always capitalise on weak n narrow-minded people like northerners, ewes, illiterates,villagers, unreasonable people like chief imam, 90yrs, kb asante, 95yrs, to destroy the country. they will always get the support since such people outnumber the few reasonable akans
Susubiribi 8 years ago

You are a fool you speak from your stomach, take them to your house so that the whole world will hail you, mutherfucker, you are an ass sucker, go and suck Mahama's ass. Ghana won't bow down for no nation, we are sovereign co ...
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You are a fool you speak from your stomach, take them to your house so that the whole world will hail you, mutherfucker, you are an ass sucker, go and suck Mahama's ass. Ghana won't bow down for no nation, we are sovereign country and we have our laws nobody should take us for granted. Mahama should return the money he collected from the Americans and send the two terrorists back to them.
juliet Addo 8 years ago

I wish the 2 men are sent back so that the American government deport all ghanaians without proper documentation to Ghana,I believe America can do this easily.

I wish the 2 men are sent back so that the American government deport all ghanaians without proper documentation to Ghana,I believe America can do this easily.
Nana Ajena 8 years ago

This juliet Addo never make sense.

This juliet Addo never make sense.
Stoway 8 years ago

Juliet Addo is spot on. Let Ghana reject the two and see the foreign policy implication with America.
All those who lied for Asylum in the US and are Ghanaians would have their files revisited and returned to Ghana. If the ...
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Juliet Addo is spot on. Let Ghana reject the two and see the foreign policy implication with America.
All those who lied for Asylum in the US and are Ghanaians would have their files revisited and returned to Ghana. If they refuse to come to Ghana, countries like Yemen, Iraq, Iran and syria will be ready to accept them from the USA. Do you now get it? Nana Addo as Attorney General signed for that kind of transfer pact with the west.
COME AGAIN 8 years ago

The news this morning is that 28 people are dead following an ISIS/Al Qaida terrorist attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. Digest that and determine yourself whether we deserve praise for being foolish.

The news this morning is that 28 people are dead following an ISIS/Al Qaida terrorist attack on a hotel in Burkina Faso. Digest that and determine yourself whether we deserve praise for being foolish.
Kpenyigba Kwesi 8 years ago

Why should Ghana show generousity to America. Ghana does not owe USA. We want John Mahama to have 2 terms in office but I afraid this scandal will minimize his success in the forthcoming élections. The 2 men must be returned ...
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Why should Ghana show generousity to America. Ghana does not owe USA. We want John Mahama to have 2 terms in office but I afraid this scandal will minimize his success in the forthcoming élections. The 2 men must be returned as soon as possible. We need peace not war.
George Nutsugah 8 years ago

The Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil. President John Mahama has become an evil man because of his love for money. He can even sell the flagstaff House for his personal pocket.

The Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil. President John Mahama has become an evil man because of his love for money. He can even sell the flagstaff House for his personal pocket.
Mobert Rogabe 8 years ago

they could just leave Ghana and move to the middle-east... they'll surely feel at home there. Ghana shouldn't be their base..

they could just leave Ghana and move to the middle-east... they'll surely feel at home there. Ghana shouldn't be their base..
yann 8 years ago

In Ghana now our days it seems the so called educated folks are the most stupid ones

In Ghana now our days it seems the so called educated folks are the most stupid ones
Mobert Rogabe 8 years ago

...aint that a bitch!

...aint that a bitch!
MRS. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO 8 years ago

Some fellow Ghanaian are refusing to reason . We should not condemn the hosting of fellow human beings on our land. Let's reason with them as human beings and imbibe our positive cultural traits in these brother. let's call o ...
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Some fellow Ghanaian are refusing to reason . We should not condemn the hosting of fellow human beings on our land. Let's reason with them as human beings and imbibe our positive cultural traits in these brother. let's call on God for security and protection.
Efo Nii Ghanaba 8 years ago

What a stupid dumb statement!!! God have mercy on Ghana if these are who we have as leaders!

What a stupid dumb statement!!! God have mercy on Ghana if these are who we have as leaders!
Don Cross. 8 years ago

Man, listing we will be Proud with your Ass and is better for u to tell that careless President of Ghana to return them to State's and if US can not protect them how can we Ghanaians Lol.

Man, listing we will be Proud with your Ass and is better for u to tell that careless President of Ghana to return them to State's and if US can not protect them how can we Ghanaians Lol.
TEE 8 years ago

MAHAMA IN TOWN PERIOD. LISTEN TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK, I AM SURE YOU MIGHT BE A EWE OR NORTHERNER

MAHAMA IN TOWN PERIOD. LISTEN TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK, I AM SURE YOU MIGHT BE A EWE OR NORTHERNER
Cool 8 years ago

YOU ARE SUCH A RUDE IDIOT-. SHUT THE FUCK UP

YOU ARE SUCH A RUDE IDIOT-. SHUT THE FUCK UP
Cool 8 years ago

THEY HUFF ANF PUFF YET AFRAID OF TWO TRAUMATIZED PERSONS. COWARDS

THEY HUFF ANF PUFF YET AFRAID OF TWO TRAUMATIZED PERSONS. COWARDS
Omnbapa 8 years ago

My brother you have spoken well and very intelligent guy, with compassion.

Ghanaian are hypocrites and brainstormed by few dangerous political opponents to believe that the president is insincere to ghanaian.

Many Ghana ...
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My brother you have spoken well and very intelligent guy, with compassion.

Ghanaian are hypocrites and brainstormed by few dangerous political opponents to believe that the president is insincere to ghanaian.

Many Ghanaian for the last twenty years or many seek asylum in many European countries, and won, all the name persecution of the then military regime with false information that they are hunted by the regime, and accepted by those countries, were these stupid and foolish to criticize their government to send them back to their home countries,yet taxpayers money was used to cater for the needs.

And very soon Ghanaian have forgotten the humanitarian assistance giving to them.

Is high time to remember all these and stop making noise, treat these guys with love and respect they need.

Their presence in Ghanaian pose no threat at all to the good people of ghana.

Our country Will succed and will continue to prosper, God bless Africa.
Nana Ajena 8 years ago

Kwasia man u called a terrorist gentleman. Oh some elders

Kwasia man u called a terrorist gentleman. Oh some elders
OPERATOR KO 8 years ago

Interesting points...so if there was no trial or conviction, the two are essentially free men being held against their will.
Why not send them back to Yemen? Why must they be globe trotting every two years? Why has the world ...
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Interesting points...so if there was no trial or conviction, the two are essentially free men being held against their will.
Why not send them back to Yemen? Why must they be globe trotting every two years? Why has the world's powers not hosted them? The president erred...Period!
Okonkobaba 8 years ago

Mr Mustapha has said i t all. The two former detainees are now free because they are not who they are not and so let's give them peace and love.Every human being deserves a chance. You all should read the scriptures again and ...
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Mr Mustapha has said i t all. The two former detainees are now free because they are not who they are not and so let's give them peace and love.Every human being deserves a chance. You all should read the scriptures again and deeply and you will come to the understanding that we as a people have gone astray.
slimmart1 8 years ago

If by your reasoning these men are 'free' because they weren't found of any crime in the US, then why are they being held in detention here in Ghana? Why were they ever brought to Ghana in the first place and not sent to thei ...
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If by your reasoning these men are 'free' because they weren't found of any crime in the US, then why are they being held in detention here in Ghana? Why were they ever brought to Ghana in the first place and not sent to their country Yemen? These guys aren't refugees, they are terrorists!!! Ghana, oh Ghana.... My people perish for lack of wisdom.
Maka a maka 8 years ago

Ok. So those two guys were wrongfully detained and therefore the wrongfulness should be reversed. The question is whose responsibility is it to correct the wrongful detention? Is it not the one who detained them in the first ...
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Ok. So those two guys were wrongfully detained and therefore the wrongfulness should be reversed. The question is whose responsibility is it to correct the wrongful detention? Is it not the one who detained them in the first place?

Can somebody please tell us the role Ghana played in their detention which makes us a candidate for the correction?

Some people are blinded by so much hypocrisy that it stops them from thinking objectively.

Another thing is - if the importation of the two is so much to the benefit of Ghanaians why was the who thing shrouded in secrecy until the internationally unwanted fellows were on our soil?

Knowing Ghanaian politicians, they would have bragged about the benefits accruing to us long before the detainees left their cells. But the whole issue smells rat; but like all issues in Ghana, we are playing politics with it.

No wonder we are going back in development. 58 years after independence we have lost even the basic things we credited ourselves with as an independent nation - no railway, no shipping line, no airline - and yet we have the resources to adopt people from every corner of the globe including those with dubious background - at mind burglng cost - when we can't even support a 24 hour power supply.

It is just madness to the nonsense point.

Ok, let us go ahead and continue playing politics with it until the bombs start exploding in our market places and other public gatherings.

It appears we deserve the kind of government we have after all; because as a nation we are not honest with ourselves. And if we are not honest with ourselves how should we expect others - America and the detainees to be honest with us?

Ghana has lost direct at high seas in a tempest!!!!!!!
k man 8 years ago

Brilliant comment!

Brilliant comment!
Takinta power 8 years ago

These two gentlemen have the right to stay here in Ghana if they will. Please dear Ghanaian don't disturb President Mahama and his government. its part of life. This really proof that Ghana is most peaceful n God fearly coun ...
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These two gentlemen have the right to stay here in Ghana if they will. Please dear Ghanaian don't disturb President Mahama and his government. its part of life. This really proof that Ghana is most peaceful n God fearly country in the word. I travel from Italy , French, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany and bet me Ghana is the best in terms of peace. Dear Christian don't blamed President , the bible says we should visit prisoners and help them. God bless Ghana.
slimmart1 8 years ago

THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS "MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF WISDOM". RIGHTLY SO, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU TRYING HARD TO 'THINK'. OBVIOUSLY YOU AREN'T TRYING HARD ENOUGH.

THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS "MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF WISDOM". RIGHTLY SO, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU TRYING HARD TO 'THINK'. OBVIOUSLY YOU AREN'T TRYING HARD ENOUGH.
Maka a maka 8 years ago

But with one stroke of a pen Mahama has destroyed that peace. Because many Ghanaians now live in fear for their lives and the lives of their kids and those of their kiths and kins.

Ghanaians appear to be loving their neigh ...
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But with one stroke of a pen Mahama has destroyed that peace. Because many Ghanaians now live in fear for their lives and the lives of their kids and those of their kiths and kins.

Ghanaians appear to be loving their neighbours more than themselves. If not, how can we explain the situation where several citizens cannot afford a square meal a day; yet we splash millions of cedis on people who have no roots here. Why do we spend thousands of dollars to protect and sustain people of questionable character when the security force can't protect us against armed robbers?

That is neighbourly love gone crazy!!!!
Last warrior 8 years ago

YOU hail them as you are in power,GHANAIANS ARE NOT FOOLS,even in the UK you loose your citizenship and not b allowed to enter if you are found fighting for any terror group

YOU hail them as you are in power,GHANAIANS ARE NOT FOOLS,even in the UK you loose your citizenship and not b allowed to enter if you are found fighting for any terror group
M.OSMAN 8 years ago

Thank you for this wonderful piece.We need more objective minded people like you and not "the munafiquuns" like Mustapha Hamid who pretend to be muslims only when they are among the muslims.

Thank you for this wonderful piece.We need more objective minded people like you and not "the munafiquuns" like Mustapha Hamid who pretend to be muslims only when they are among the muslims.
Maka a maka 8 years ago

You blockhead', this is not about Islam or Christianity. Neither is it about NDC or NPP. It is about security in the country which, even without the two fellows, is stretched enough. With the two internationally unwanted fell ...
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You blockhead', this is not about Islam or Christianity. Neither is it about NDC or NPP. It is about security in the country which, even without the two fellows, is stretched enough. With the two internationally unwanted fellows the situation is now at breaking point.

And the only reason why NDC is being mentioned us that it is an NDC government that made the decision. If an NPP government had made such a decision we would cry out in the same way.

And another reason why Ghanaians are right worried is that people like you will try and turn it into a religious issue. Something you should gang your head in shame because Christians and Muslims in Ghana have lived side by side in peace for centuries. The entry of the two Yemenis s
Is at the verge of destroying that peace - because of people like you!!!
Jacke Jones, VA 8 years ago

Is US embassy in Accra willing to give Ghanaians who are suffering from the hardships and corruption under this useless Ayigbe-Ntafo NDC visas to US because of compassion?

Is US embassy in Accra willing to give Ghanaians who are suffering from the hardships and corruption under this useless Ayigbe-Ntafo NDC visas to US because of compassion?
elhaj 8 years ago

foolish animal jacke jones
is va your stupid country

foolish animal jacke jones
is va your stupid country
peter 8 years ago

Did u hear what happened in Burkina Faso? With these guys here do u think we are far from that? Wise up!!

Did u hear what happened in Burkina Faso? With these guys here do u think we are far from that? Wise up!!
Mensah 8 years ago

were they captured on the battlefield or were they taken from their living rooms, kwasea like you

were they captured on the battlefield or were they taken from their living rooms, kwasea like you
Cantin 8 years ago

To say that accepting these two guys is a courageous decision is laughable probably because you are also a Muslim otherwise the decision by the Government to accept them is nothing than foolhardiness. See what has happened i ...
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To say that accepting these two guys is a courageous decision is laughable probably because you are also a Muslim otherwise the decision by the Government to accept them is nothing than foolhardiness. See what has happened in the nearby Burkina Faso and assess our vulnerability. Let us be objective.
Adelaide 8 years ago

This guy should be picked immediately since this his post is inciting war. What does he think by saying this two gitmo detainees should be killed by the security forces as they bribed to do this. We are a country with differe ...
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This guy should be picked immediately since this his post is inciting war. What does he think by saying this two gitmo detainees should be killed by the security forces as they bribed to do this. We are a country with different ethnic backgrounds why are others bent on claiming superiority over others. Let me warn you this idiot of a birch never under rate any tribe ewes especially, you talk all sorts of nonsense and we only keep quiet and listen without a word. If you think you are men with circumcise dick and balls try it and you will see what you expect from us.
Joe Turkey 8 years ago

If Jerry Rawlings chased indigenous Ghanaians out of the country looking for freedom, that does not mean we should admit terrorists into the country in return. If the countries that detained them feel the two are peaceful peo ...
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If Jerry Rawlings chased indigenous Ghanaians out of the country looking for freedom, that does not mean we should admit terrorists into the country in return. If the countries that detained them feel the two are peaceful people and not terrorists why don't they absorb them into their rich and peaceful countries? Idiot.
Margaret 8 years ago

Why didn't America reason with and accommodate them on humanitarian grounds. You think for yourself. These are not just ordinary citizens. If America has cleared them then America should keep them. Why should Ghana take t ...
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Why didn't America reason with and accommodate them on humanitarian grounds. You think for yourself. These are not just ordinary citizens. If America has cleared them then America should keep them. Why should Ghana take them. Put your thinks cap on. Lets not turn this into a religion case. Think about our own security.
elhaj 8 years ago

these two gentle men need our help to start new life in ghana
please stop the noise and come together to help them.
ghanaians are everywhere in the world looking for money even in yemin.
treat them like one of us please an ...
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these two gentle men need our help to start new life in ghana
please stop the noise and come together to help them.
ghanaians are everywhere in the world looking for money even in yemin.
treat them like one of us please and stop playing foolish politics npp
Maka a maka 8 years ago

Those Ghanaians across the world were not picked up from battlefields !!! That is the difference.

Those Ghanaians across the world were not picked up from battlefields !!! That is the difference.
Whatever 8 years ago

Lying, cruel NPP needs to be ashamed of themselves

Lying, cruel NPP needs to be ashamed of themselves
Whatever 8 years ago

It is only backward, self centered, inward looking greedy party like the NPP who would be against good gestures

It is only backward, self centered, inward looking greedy party like the NPP who would be against good gestures
Zip UP 8 years ago

Is Ghana Now Termed As A Jail For International Aggravated Criminals ( Terrorist ) Or What? Some Body Should Tell Us Where Lies The Sense Of Humour In This Scenario, Otherwise It Is Just Another Dumping Place As Usual, At A ...
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Is Ghana Now Termed As A Jail For International Aggravated Criminals ( Terrorist ) Or What? Some Body Should Tell Us Where Lies The Sense Of Humour In This Scenario, Otherwise It Is Just Another Dumping Place As Usual, At A Time That We Africans Are Still Trying To Defuse The Fact That Africa Is A Trash For Industralise Deploved Countries Such As The USA To Dump Their Industrial Toxic Waiste Materials, Then It Will be Accepted As A Fact If We Go on To Allow This Ordeal Of Guantam Bay Highly Aggreviated Prisoners To Be Dumped On Our Coast Unchecked, But As Our Faculty Is Bound To Elevate In The Near Future,This Issue Will Be Revisited And May Also Be Termed As A Crime Against Our Country Mother Ghana And People. Crime Which Was Alleviated Against Us At Such Time That We Were So Weak Economically And Mentally As To Being Able To Protect Our Image As People And Republic From A Much Stronger Bullying Country ( USA )Who Could Economically Bully Us To Accept These Detainees At This Moment And Time, Watch Out This Issue Is A Timing Bomb In The Shadow Waiting To Explode In The Coming Days Of Enlightenment
wanane 8 years ago

you are simply stupid

you are simply stupid
Indigenous 8 years ago

Please can you kindly read and contribute in a form of debate or opinion or comments instead of insulting fellow citizens who are trying to show compassionate Love to their country (Ghana ) by channelling their opinions and c ...
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Please can you kindly read and contribute in a form of debate or opinion or comments instead of insulting fellow citizens who are trying to show compassionate Love to their country (Ghana ) by channelling their opinions and comments on matters of National interest and importance on this public domain,so please do not try to distract patriotic and civic citizen of this country or play-down with our ability to participate in debates that concern issues of our national interest and importance by you using aggression, insulting and intimidating manners as to stop patriotic citizens from participating in debates of everyday issues that matters to this country extra extra we know about your very old ways so please kindly express yourself instead and be patriotic citizen of this country ( Ghana )
Yaw Adu-Asare 8 years ago

Mahama must go to where his investment is.

Mahama must go to where his investment is.
sam de sam 8 years ago

I think ghanaians are becoming too touchy n too politiking.God could bless ghana bcos of these detainees,n we are just making noise over it every where.

I think ghanaians are becoming too touchy n too politiking.God could bless ghana bcos of these detainees,n we are just making noise over it every where.
Atoapoma Abransamadu 8 years ago

Another crazy man!

Another crazy man!
ABDALLA AL-TOURE 8 years ago

i don,t think it was good idea for Ghana to accept them.

i don,t think it was good idea for Ghana to accept them.
geri 8 years ago

This is wisdom. Listen petty politicians!

This is wisdom. Listen petty politicians!
Adama d'Gharty 8 years ago

All the ex-Taliban terrorist sympathisers living in Ghana want to see is to open our borders to recent international terrorism as initiated by our President Mr J D Mahama and his lacklustre interior ministry. Any of the West ...
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All the ex-Taliban terrorist sympathisers living in Ghana want to see is to open our borders to recent international terrorism as initiated by our President Mr J D Mahama and his lacklustre interior ministry. Any of the West African countries can easily be taken on by copy-cat rag-tag militants in this region at any chosen time they want - yes, they know how weak our leaders are and more worryingly how undisciplined our border security agents are. If the President of Ghana had any balls left the security of this country would be his immediate priority among all else on his mind, but right now it looks like he would rather save his US$ bank account balance than the people of this nation.
Margaret 8 years ago

These people were not picked up in the football field. They were picked up in the battle field so why do you have compassion for. These people are ruthless and don't have compassion on the people they attack. You will have ...
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These people were not picked up in the football field. They were picked up in the battle field so why do you have compassion for. These people are ruthless and don't have compassion on the people they attack. You will have compassion for them if they were picked up in the playing field and have been accused wrongly. Do not throw dust into peoples eyes and pretend you are unaware of their status.
Seidu yoggu 8 years ago

This is a very good idea, infact the word, ghana. Is a very big n must respect it.

This is a very good idea, infact the word, ghana. Is a very big n must respect it.
ZoRRo 8 years ago

Yes, hail the stupid country that accepted two known terrorists, who would not normally get visas to visit the country !

Yes, hail the stupid country that accepted two known terrorists, who would not normally get visas to visit the country !
Kwasi Boateng 8 years ago

On what terms and conditions were they allowed into our country. It is grossly a shallow thought to suggest someone be hailed for making such dangerous decision.

On what terms and conditions were they allowed into our country. It is grossly a shallow thought to suggest someone be hailed for making such dangerous decision.
Theo 8 years ago

Shut up you idiot! Only Mustafa and Mahama think so, because the two of you are sympathizers of extremists and terrorists. Mahama, and his cohorts who made the decision to resettle those two terrorists in Ghana are useless, h ...
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Shut up you idiot! Only Mustafa and Mahama think so, because the two of you are sympathizers of extremists and terrorists. Mahama, and his cohorts who made the decision to resettle those two terrorists in Ghana are useless, hopeless and careless. The people of Ghana, should have been consulted before, to see what they have to say about it. But, they took it upon themselves and brought them into the country, like Ghana belongs to them only. Arabs hate black people like crazy. So much so that, if a black person gave money to a pan handler on a street in an Arab country,he or she will have the money thrown back at him or her. Even though, they say those people(pan handlers) have no choice. But they have a choice when it comes to a black person. They hate blacks, because to them, blacks are children of Satan. It's really amazing, why you bozos, think and feel that by accepting those terrorists to live in Ghana, it is a good image for the country on the foreign front! So, you fools, think the countries including their own and other Arab ones, which didn't accept them have lost their good foreign image? What narrow minded people you damned mother f--kers are! Big fools. You guys are all going to hell with those two terrorists. Amen
TOWER 8 years ago

YOU CAN ONLY WRITE THIS NONSENSE IF YOU ARE A DIE-HARD AND STUPID MUSLIM DEVOID OF ALL SENSES AND SENSITIVITY NEEDED BY THE HUMAN BEING.

YOU CAN ONLY WRITE THIS NONSENSE IF YOU ARE A DIE-HARD AND STUPID MUSLIM DEVOID OF ALL SENSES AND SENSITIVITY NEEDED BY THE HUMAN BEING.
Nii Okai 8 years ago

Ghanaians seem to be naturally fools when it comes to facing facts over many matters of politics both national and international just like the present issue of the GITMO guys in Ghana now, which had been thrown into foolish p ...
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Ghanaians seem to be naturally fools when it comes to facing facts over many matters of politics both national and international just like the present issue of the GITMO guys in Ghana now, which had been thrown into foolish political issue.

In the first place, why is Ghana crying wolf over the issue when they know and are aware that the arrival of these guys are some of the realities substantiating the truth of the relationship between the two nations, Ghana and the U S.

Ghana receives and continue to receive a lot of financial assistance from the US of which no Ghanaian with enough information of the bilateral relation between the two nations will be much upset with the issue of the two suspected Gitmo guys who had not been tried and sentenced but only were detained under the US terriorist laws.

It is with the definition and the differences of the two following words; ex-detainess from the word detention and ex-prisoners from imprisonment, meaning sentenced to prison after trial in court that I see Ghanaians as fools who only shout without giving any real account of the noise that they make in their arguments.

If the GITMO guys were not jailed after trial but were only detained then what is the cause of alarm in this when the U S and other concerned nations knew that these guys were only suspects.

Ghana rather would be seen by the said suspects that Ghana had been so kind to them to have received them with a perfect hospitality, a nature of treatment that no humanbeing would treat as hatred or destruction, hence the GITMO guys were happy with the hospitality given them by Ghana.

Can the hypocrate NPP and the shortsighted so called christian organisations in general tell us their very tangible reason without emotions and nervousness of why they are making those political and selfish noises to disturb our nation's relation with the U S A.

They are making those foolish noises because they are not in power to experience the pressure that comes from the internationl politics of economic neocolonialism, which when in power can not resist it execpt one wants to start war with the WEST.

This policy is a system that Afuffo Addo and Kufour or parrot Bawumia are aware therefore they had not boldly come out to protest vehemently against the U S of why they should bring this issue of the so called GITMO guys terror threat into our politics?

Finally the acceptance of the GIYMO guys in my view gives Ghana the credibility in the eyes of the terrorist world and the other world of hoping to find solution to terror because Ghana has shown extra ordinary love towards them proving our maturity in the area of genuine hospitability.
Samuel Ansah ,New York 8 years ago

What terrorists are Ghanaians referring to? Shame unto those whipping those stupid sentiment.Is Ghana a true Christian country when one listened to the statements the so - called Christian council and and Catholic Bishop con ...
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What terrorists are Ghanaians referring to? Shame unto those whipping those stupid sentiment.Is Ghana a true Christian country when one listened to the statements the so - called Christian council and and Catholic Bishop conference came out with..Ghanaians now shifted the noise from dumsor to terrorist. Ghanaians need to talk about about better issues confronting the nation because isn't the first to host Gitmo suspects and none of those countries have ever been attacked. Ghanaians are really difficult people as once said by the late General Acheampong
George 8 years ago

Well said papa, we should know that we are not living in isolation.

Well said papa, we should know that we are not living in isolation.
Abeiku SW2 London 8 years ago

If they were wrongfully detained America should compensate them financially and give them somewhere to live in the US ... they won't be a threat to them ...

If they were wrongfully detained America should compensate them financially and give them somewhere to live in the US ... they won't be a threat to them ...

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