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Quarantined hotel
Obama reverses decision on abuse photos reopens after flu lock-in
WASHINGTON: President Barack the American Civil Liberties Union. istration. Federal courts have ruled ous administration. He told reporters HONGKONG: A hotel quarantined for seven
Obama on Wednesday reversed a It remained unclear why Obama against the government in a series of “that the publication of these photos days with nearly 300 guests and staff inside
decision to release photos showing had changed his stance but the Pen- decisions but Obama had instructed would not add any additional ben- after a Mexican visitor tested positive for swine
abuse of “war on terror” detainees, tagon said US military commanders administration lawyers to try a new efits to our understanding of what flu was preparing yesterday to reopen.
saying he feared it would cause a had issued stern warnings that the argument that the photos could put was carried out in the past by a small The Metropark Hotel in the city’s Wan
backlash against US troops abroad. photos could be used as a recruiting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan at risk, number of individuals.” Chai district was offering reduced rates and
The about-face came after the tool for extremists and jeopardise the White House said. He said the “these photos that free nights for guests who book three nights
administration announced last the safety of US troops. The photos Obama said issuing the photos were requested in this case are not when it reopens to the public Friday after this
month it had agreed to release hun- were used as evidence in criminal would “inflame anti-American opin- particularly sensational, especially month’s quarantine. The hotel was sealed off
dreds of photos from US-run prisons investigations of US soldiers ac- ion and put our troops in greater when compared to the painful im- May 1-8 by the Hongkong government after a
in Iraq and elsewhere in response to cused of abusing detainees during danger” without shedding any new ages that we remember from Abu 25-year-old Mexican guest was confirmed to
a long-running lawsuit brought by president George W. Bush’s admin- light on past abuses under the previ- Ghraib.” – AFP have the H1N1 virus. – dpa