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Half Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Monday, April 22, 2013 10:03
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Monday, April 22, 2013 7:17 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


A prime example of what I mean when I say I get more and better news sometimes from people outside the U.S. I don't see this on any of the MSM websites, nor have I heard anything about it on TV:
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Eighty-four of the 166 prisoners held at the US-run Guantanamo Bay facility are now on hunger strike, US military officials have said.

The prisoners are protesting against their indefinite detention. Most are being held without charge.

Sixteen of the 84 prisoners are being force-fed and five are being treated in hospital. None has a life-threatening condition, according to the military.

The hunger strike started in February and has grown rapidly in recent weeks.

The number of strikers last Wednesday was 52 and by Friday had reached 63.

Hunger strikes are frequent at Guantanamo, but the current protest - which began on 6 February - is one of the longest and most widespread.

Guantanamo officials deny claims that the strike began after copies of the Koran were mishandled during searches of prisoners' cells.

Violence erupted at the prison on 13 April as the authorities moved inmates out of communal cellblocks where they had covered surveillance cameras and windows.

"We were trying to be patient and work with them and give them the opportunity to comply. We hit the point where... I felt we were accepting too much risk and it was time to take action," said Colonel John Bogdan.

Some prisoners used "improvised weapons" and were met with "less-than-lethal rounds", a military spokesman said, but no serious injuries were reported.

Nearly 100 of the detainees have reportedly been cleared for release but remain at the facility because of restrictions imposed by Congress and also concerns of possible mistreatment if they are sent back to their home countries.

"How can the military, even the military, hope to maintain discipline over a prison camp where there is absolutely no hope for those men confined here," said Lieutenant Commander Kevin Bogucki, a US Navy military lawyer who was visiting his clients at the base.

The military detention centre opened in 2002 to hold suspects captured in counter-terrorism operations after the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22246527


Hell, Gitmo hardly even EXISTS to the American Consciousness...but it's our shame and we shouldn't forget it for a second.

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Monday, April 22, 2013 7:38 AM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


I was just wondering about it, especially with all the 'debate' about whether or not people should be 'Mirandized'.

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Monday, April 22, 2013 9:58 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


Well, Obama wanted to close the place, and Congress wouldn't fund moving the prisoners to the continent for trail.

My solution: take a DNA sample from each one, explain how that will identify HIM and ONLY HIM forever, then put 'em all on a plane to Bagram, give 'em a change of clothes and $100 American, and walk 'em to the front gate of the base, then tell 'em goodbye and good luck.

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Monday, April 22, 2013 10:03 AM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


A lot of innocent people ended up there as a result of the bounty the US placed on the heads of anyone identified as being a terrorist, no proof required. I think the bounty was $5,000 USD. These people should be given at least that much, corrected for inflation, since many people were IDd simply to settle personal scores, eliminate rivals, or for other reasons.

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