By Glenn Greenwald (whom I link to in my list of links)
On the night of June 10, 2006, three Guantanamo detainees were found dead in their individual cells. Without any autopsy or investigation, U.S. military officials proclaimed "suicide by hanging" as the cause of each death, and immediately sought to exploit the episode as proof of the evil of the detainees. Admiral Harry Harris, the camp's commander, said it showed "they have no regard for life" and that the suicides were "not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetric warfare aimed at us here at Guantanamo"; another official anonymously said that the suicides showed the victims were "committed jihadists [who] will do anything they can to advance their cause," while another sneered that "it was a good PR move to draw attention." Whole story here.
Monday, December 7, 2009
A new report questions "suicides" at Guantanamo
The people quoted in Glenn's story are morons. Prisoners killing themselves was an act of complete misery and hopelessness. More likely out and out executions by officials at Guantanamo makes more sense.
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