According to various reports on radio and at Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Merkel has called 'for the Guantanamo Bay detention center to be closed' in an interview published today. 'An institution like Guantanamo can and should not exist in the long term. Different ways and means must be found for dealing with these prisioners.' Merkel Critical of US Terror Tactics Ahead of Washington Visit at
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