Five Britons Released From Guantánamo Arrive Home  Published:
March 10, 2004  Five Britons held without trial for two years as
terrorism suspects at the United States military base at
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, arrived back in this country aboard a
military transport plane on Tuesday night, flying into an air
base west of London and an uncertain future. They were the first
Britons known to have been released from the prison camp.  Four
of the five were arrested under terrorism laws on board the
plane shortly after it landed, the police said. The fifth was
freed after being questioned, according to Reuters news agency.
The police did not say immediately how long the remaining four
would be held but said all would have access to lawyers. The men
were among some 600 people seized in Afghanistan two years ago
and taken to Guantánamo Bay.  Their return to Britain has put
the authorities in a quandary, pitting demands for their freedom
from families and civil rights campaigners against the
government's desire to be see