More Torture at GTMO
Via Penraker (via an e-mail from See Dubya) comes a link to an Insight Magazine article on Guantanamo:
Al Qaeda might be on the run in Afghanistan, but Osama bin Laden’s agents are in the driver’s seat at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Officers tell of daily attacks by al Qaeda inmates against U.S. military personnel, who are ordered not to respond. The officers have also been ordered to fulfill the religious, cultural and even entertainment needs of the inmates, including providing Arabic translations of Harry Potter.
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Guards have been routinely pelted with feces by inmates and face physical attacks from al Qaeda detainees. In May, al Qaeda detainees organized an ambush to stop a search of cells for contraband medication following two suicide attempts. Prison authorities have responded by providing inmates with a huge Arabic library, a modern hospital, sporting facilities and satellite television. Officials said Harry Potter in Arabic was one of the most popular books in Camp Delta.
Well, sure. I imagine they’re quite fond of the character called Nearly Headless Nick.
Read it all, and marvel at how similar it is to the account provided by Stashiu on this blog.
How hard are reservations at Gitmo to come by? Can I book two weeks for my next sabbatical?
nk (4d4a9d) — 12/13/2006 @ 5:49 pmGeez Nk, I dunno… I haven’t read anything about mints. No mints on the pillow no go! Yeeesh
paul from fl (001f65) — 12/13/2006 @ 6:48 pmIt helps if you’re a Muslim, nk.
Neville Chamberlain (80a4fa) — 12/13/2006 @ 6:55 pmIt seems the military has reconsidered its policies regarding the treatment of GTMO detainees.
DRJ (6dbcaa) — 12/16/2006 @ 4:14 pmThe Democracy Project urges all Americans to send a snail mail Christmas card this year to our troops at Guantanamo, Cuba. Sadly, the terrorists get more Christmas mail than our troops:
Let’s help make this a Merry-er Christmas for our GTMO troops. Let’s send mail.
DRJ (a5fa81) — 12/18/2006 @ 12:56 pm