Random Guantanamo Bay stories

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Its been a while, so since I have nothing else to do, I thought I'd post some status updates on what's been going on in Guantanamo Bay.

Story 1: Known non-combatants still kept in Guantanamo Bay. The US military has 16 (at least) prisoners in Guantanamo Bay who have been cleared of all charges. Having spent nearly 4 years in prison for nothing more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time, they're now unable to return home because of fears that they'd be persecuted (it seems like that should be a decision that should be left up to them, but whatever...)

So, then, what to do with them? The military's solution, apparently, is to keep them locked up in Gitmo for the rest of their lives. They COULD be permitted to live in the much more confortable areas of the base reserved for US staff, but...

Army Major Jeff Weir, a spokesman for the prison, said in a phone interview that ''safety and security" concerns would prevent moving the detainees out of the secure zone and into the regular part of the base, where about 8,000 soldiers, sailors, and civilians live, many with their families.

''They have been detained in here with some very bad people, under some very bad influences," Weir said. ''We can't just release them into a hotel amongst the civilians on the base. . . . We understand the point of what the lawyers are saying, but it's an impossibility."
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So although they weren't dangerous to begin with, they may be dangerous now because we stuck them in jail and abused them, so now they'll just have to remain in jail forever because they may be dangerous. Actually, isn't that the current justification for invading Iraq, too?


In other news, even the prosecutor's at Gitmo think the 'military tribunal' system is rigged. Emails that have been released include a lot of allegations about the pathetic sham of a 'trial' that the prisoner's get:

Maj. Carr writes that Col. Borch "repeatedly said to the office that the military panel will be handpicked and will not acquit these detainees, and we only needed to worry about building a record for the review panel."
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At least there appears to be a FEW honest people involved in the process. The innocent don't actually get to leave the prison, but at least they can sleep better in their cell knowing that they've been cleared...

Criticisms of the prosecution's professionalism are sprinkled throughout the emails. Instead of "at least a minimal effort to establish a fair process and diligently prepare cases against significant accused," Maj. Carr wrote, he found an amateurish attempt "to prosecute fairly low level accused [terrorists] in a process that appears to be rigged. It is difficult to believe that the White House has approved this situation, and I fully expect that one day, soon, someone will be called to answer for what our office has been doing for the last 14 months."
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Oh, the White House knows and approves... Someone WILL be called to answer for what's been going on, though...
 
[quote name='Drocket']Someone WILL be called to answer for what's been going on, though...[/QUOTE]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Would that it were so...
 
Hold on while I wipe my ass.

Oh yeah, there's a visual about the kind of people at Club Git'mo. Shit.

I don't care about shit. Flush it or leave it.
 
The story from Gitmo should read:

Convicts executed after being found guilty of being, knowing or conspiring with terrorists.
 
[quote name='Scrubking']The story from Gitmo should read:

Convicts executed after being found guilty of being, knowing or conspiring with terrorists.[/QUOTE]

If SK was a military propogandandist, Abu Ghraib would be a minigame in the US Army sponsored "America's Army" vidoegame.
 
[quote name='camoor']If SK was a military propogandandist, Abu Ghraib would be a minigame in the US Army sponsored "America's Army" vidoegame.[/QUOTE]

I'd buy it.
 
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