Video: Mental wounds Jun 24, 2009
A U.S. miliary guard stands inside the Camp V area at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006 ... Keller and his colleagues testified they found physical and psychological evidence of what they called "torture" during medical evaluations of former detainees of the prison in Iraq and the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... President Obama denounced "brutal methods" of interrogation in a national security speech Thursday, asserting they undermine the United States'... (CNN)
Iran Vows To Teach Protesters "A Lesson" Jun 24, 2009
"...and we are in negotiations with the US and Cuba to lease Guantanamo Bay, since that place is exactly what we need, to teach them that lesson.". by PVperson2 June 23, 2009 3:45 PM PDT. (CBS News -- World)
* Palau says Gitmo detainees still fear China Jun 24, 2009
TOO SMALL:: The Palauan president said that some of the 13 Uighurs at Guantanamo were concerned about the island-nations size and ability to provide for their safety AP, MELEKEOK, PALAU Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009, Page 7. Some Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay who have been offered resettlement in Palau are leery of moving to the tiny Pacific island nation for fear that it cannot stand up to China, Palaus president said yesterday ... Palau sent a fact-finding team to the Guantanamo... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Some Gitmo detainees reject Palau move Jun 24, 2009
Some Guantanamo detainees reject Palau move ... KOROR, Palau - Several Guantanamo detainees from western China are uninterested in moving to Palau, the country that agreed to resettle them after their upcoming release, because it is located too close to their homeland, the top Palauan presidential spokesman said Monday ... Palau consented to President Barack Obama's request to take the Turkic Muslims as part of plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Obama vs. America Jun 23, 2009
By a better than 2-to-1 margin (65% to 32%), most Americans oppose Obama's announced policy of closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba (Gallup, June 3). By more than two to one (49% to 22%), they believe that enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding were effective in getting important information that saved American lives; 47% believe such techniques were justified, while only 30% do not (Harris, June 2). (Human Events Online)
4Slaughter of Foreigners in Yemen Bears Mark of Former Gitmo Detainee, Say Experts» Jun 23, 2009
Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2007 ... Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2007 ... They say the crimes bear the mark of Al Qaeda, and they fear they are the handiwork of the international terror organization's No. 2 man in the Arabian Peninsula: Said Ali al-Shihri, an Islamic extremist who once was in American custody but who was released from the... (Fox News)
Uighur Gitmo Detainees Balk at Move to Palau Jun 23, 2009
MELEKEOK, Palau Some Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay who have been offered resettlement in Palau are leery of moving to the tiny Pacific island nation for fear that it cannot protect them from China, Palau's president said Tuesday. Palau sent a fact-finding team to the Guantanamo Bay detention center earlier this month to assess the needs of the 13 Uighurs, Turkic Muslims from the far west of China -- where they are wanted as alleged terrorists ... Palau consented earlier this month... (Fox News)
Government: Some Gitmo detainees reject Palau move Jun 23, 2009
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 MELEKEOK, Palau (AP) -- Only a few of the Guantanamo detainees Palau has agreed to resettle have shown interest in moving to this remote Pacific nation, its government said Tuesday ... Palau made headlines earlier this month when it consented to U.S. President Barack Obama's request to take the Uighurs as part of plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba ... Palau sent a fact-finding team to the Guantanamo Bay detention center earlier this month to... (Sioux City Journal)
Jailed Uighurs against move to Palau Jun 23, 2009
Five of 13 Guantanamo detainees from China do not want to be moved to the Pacific state of Palau, officials say ... Guantanamo Bay officials have been attempting to fulfil US President Barack Obama's order to close the controversial detention facility in Cuba by early next year ... GUANTANAMO DETENTION CAMP. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Former Hawaii Navy officer takes command at Guantanamo Jun 22, 2009
MIAMI With President Obama pledging to empty the prison camps at Guantanamo, the man entrusted with the mission at Ground Zero is a fellow graduate of the president's Hawaii high school whose family has served a commander in chief for three generations ... Meantime, Copeman, a 27-year career naval officer, arrived at Guantanamo from an operations job with the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii ... As head of the so-called Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, he commands some 2,000 sailors and soldiers and... (Honolulu Advertiser)
'Hall of Shame' Jun 22, 2009
WASHINGTON Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got into a public spat with fellow Republicans this week after he denounced the 17 Chinese Muslims who're being released from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , military prison as "terrorists" who should be sent back to China , where they're likely to face persecution ... Gingrich and other Republicans, as well as some Democrats, have staunchly opposed the settlement of former Guantanamo detainees, including the Uighurs, in the U.S., making it more difficult for... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Portugal to Accept 2 or 3 Guantanamo Detainees Jun 22, 2009
LISBON, Portugal Portugal will take in two or three Guantanamo detainees once they are released by the U.S. detention center, the foreign minister said. President Barack Obama has pledged to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center by early next year, and has asked European nations to accept some of the camp's 229 detainees ... The EU, which long argued for the prison's closure, agreed last week to "turn the page" on Guantanamo, but said it was up to individual EU members to decide whether to... (Fox News)
Portugal to take 2 or 3 Gitmo prisoners Jun 21, 2009
Portugal to take 2 or 3 Guantanamo prisoners ... LISBON - Portugal will accept "two or three" prisoners for resettlement from the U.S. detention camp of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, state news agency Lusa quoted Foreign Minister Luis Amado as saying Saturday ... In December, Portugal became the first country to press publicly for a coordinated European Union resettlement plan for Guantanamo prisoners. (MSNBC -- International)
Guantanamo revisited: Life across the wire Jun 21, 2009
It was 1961 at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba ... She started writing a book on March 8, 1984 about her life in Guantanamo Bay ... The book, Memories of Guantanamo Bay 1960-62, will be published this year. (Missoulian, MT)
W.H. to Bush: We Won In Nov.; Enough Said Jun 20, 2009
Mr. Gibbs said the previous administration moved or transferred "hundreds" of detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Saudi Arabia ... "We've had a debate about individual policies ... we had that debate in particular [on Guantanamo]. We kept score last November," he said, adding Mr. Obama won. (Newsmax)
Getting the holy word out Jun 20, 2009
The campaign comes intentionally on the heels of deadly riots that followed a faulty report last month of interrogators flushing a Koran down a toilet at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The campaign has stirred debate among Muslims, says organizer and CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper, because some say it invites further desecration or misinterpretation. (Yahoo News -- Arab and Muslim Americans)
* JOHNNY NEIHU'S NEWS WATCH: Uighurs wander, but dont fall down Jun 20, 2009
There they were captured X by whom its not clear X and turned over to the US military, who promptly labeled them enemy combatants and gave them an all-expenses-paid, open-ended vacation in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Later, the US concluded that they werent enemy combatants at all. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Major provisions of the $106B war spending bill Jun 20, 2009
No money for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Prohibits current detainees from being transferred to the United States except to be prosecuted and only after Congress receives a plan detailing risks involved. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
House Democrats Rebuff Obama on Gitmo Closing Jun 20, 2009
com - House Democrats Rebuff Obama on Guantanamo Closing ... House Democrats Rebuff Obama on Guantanamo Closing ... A patrol boat with a large caliber gun on a turret is on guard as the sun sets over Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. (Newsmax)
House puts new restrictions on Gitmo closing Jun 19, 2009
Already this week, the House showed its defiance of Obama's goal of shutting down the facility by approving a $100 billion war-spending bill that stipulates that it will not allow the use of federal money to close Guantanamo in the final months of this budget year ... Both the House and Senate want to impose strict requirements on the administration before detainees at Guantanamo can be transferred to the United States, U.S. territories or third countries ... Another nine have been transferred... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
House slaps restrictionson closingGitmo prison Jun 19, 2009
Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty ImagesPresident Obama plans to arrange for the transfer of additional Guantanamo detainees to foreign countries ... June 18: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joins MSNBCs Mika Brzezinski and Pat Buchanan to discuss President Obamas desire to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay ... The House on Thursday used the first spending bill for 2010 to notify the White House that it will not go along with President Barack Obama's plan to close the... (MSNBC -- Politics)
U.S. Senate OKs war funding bill Jun 19, 2009
The final version of the bill does not include the 80 million dollars which Obama seeks for closing the military prison at U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It also prohibits current Guantanamo detainees from being transferred to U.S. soil, except they are to be prosecuted and only after the Congress receives a plan detailing risks involved. (Xinhuanet, China)
Congress sends war spending bill to Obama Jun 19, 2009
What it does not include is $80 million the White House requested to start effort to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bill also prohibits detainees from being released in the United States and allows the transfer of detainees for prosecution only after Congress receives a plan detailing the risks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Bush: Business Will Lead U.S. Recovery Jun 19, 2009
Bush did touch on a few hot political topics, including Obama's plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Reading from questions e-mailed or submitted to the association, a moderator asked Bush whether the closure might compromise U.S. security. (Time.com)
$106 billion war-spending bill goes to Obama Jun 19, 2009
What it does not include is $80 million the White House requested to start closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... What it does not include is $80 million the White House requested to start effort to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Click to read:Poll: No Dent In Obama's Popularity Jun 18, 2009
Iraq, Afghanistan, And Guantanamo Bay. Support for closing the military prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has increased in the past two months ... Forty-eight percent now back closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison, up from 44 percent in April. (CBS News)
Attorney general: 50 Gitmo trials possible Jun 18, 2009
He answered questions about the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center ... WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday there may be 50 or more trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees as the Obama administration works to shut the detention center by early next year ... Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Holder outlined efforts to close Guantanamo. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
WSJ: Rising Doubts Threaten to Overshadow Agenda... Jun 18, 2009
A majority of people also disapprove of his decision to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nearly seven in 10 survey respondents said they had concerns about federal interventions into the economy, including Mr. Obama's decision to take an ownership stake in General Motors Corp., limits on executive compensation and the prospect of more government involvement in health care. (The Drudge Report)
* US lawmakers question Uighur terrorist label Jun 18, 2009
The call came after the US, defying China, freed four Uighurs held for years at the controversial war on terror camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... Thirteen more Uighurs X all cleared of wrongdoing by US authorities X are awaiting release from Guantanamo ... Schriver testified that China had pressed the US unsuccessfully to blacklist other groups and that Bush rebuffed a personal request by Chinese President Hu Jintao (JA) to give him the men in Guantanamo. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
CIA Was Mistaken On "High-Value" Detainee Jun 17, 2009
"They told me, 'Sorry, we discover that you are not Number 3, not a partner, not even a fighter,' " said Abu Zubaida, speaking in broken English, according to the new transcript of a Combatant Status Review Tribunal held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... Abu Zubaida, Mohammed and 12 other high-value detainees were transferred to Guantanamo in September 2006 and continue to be held there at Camp 7, a secret facility at the naval base, part of a total population of 229... (CBS News -- US)
Soldiers death, detainees rattle Palau Jun 17, 2009
Soldiers death, detainees rattle Palau - Guantanamo- msnbc ... As they bid farewell to their native son, Palauans at the funeral expressed anxiety over the expected arrival of 13 men detained as possible terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. (MSNBC -- International)
Boumediene's Baloney Jun 17, 2009
A high-profile detainee, who made much-publicized charges this month of torture by guards at the Guantanamo prison, never lodged such complaints during virtually all his seven-year stay in Cuba ... Executive branch sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told HUMAN EVENTS Editor Jed Babbin that Boumediene, whom U.S. intelligence linked to al Qaeda terrorists, never complained of torture or other abuse while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay ... Asked if Boumediene ever filed a complaint, a... (Human Events Online)
Gitmo inmate can have military lawyers Jun 17, 2009
NEW YORK - Military lawyers can defend a Guantanamo detainee in federal court against charges that he participated in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa, a federal judge said Tuesday ... Ghailani, a Tanzanian, became the first Guantanamo detainee to be brought to a U.S. civilian court for trial when he arrived in Manhattan a week ago to face charges in the August 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
U.S. war-funding bill back on track for passage Jun 16, 2009
Compromise on Guantanamo Bay detainees issueThe House-Senate negotiating session also sealed a compromise on dealing with Guantanamo Bay detainees ... June 11: Despite a campaign aimed at keeping Guantanamo prisoners off American soil, President Obama seems to be making progress toward closing down the controversial detention center ... Through Sept. 30, detainees from the U.S. detention center in Cuba would be allowed to be transferred to the United States only to face trial, delaying the... (MSNBC -- Politics)
US reveals new pieces of Gitmo hearings Jun 16, 2009
AFP/POOL/File A US Army guard opens the gate at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba ... "I make up stories," Mohammed said at one point in his 2007 hearing at Guantanamo Bay ... Guantanamo Detainees. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Fears Rise Over Homegrown Jihadism Jun 16, 2009
That fear has been exacerbated in recent months by the debate over transferring suspected Islamic terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to U.S. prisons. Muslim converts who bonded in prison were also linked to a 2005 plot to launch jihad-style attacks against Jewish and military targets in California. (CBS News -- US)
China demands Uighurs' return Jun 16, 2009
The Uighurs at Guantanamo have been declared not to be enemy combatants. China has demanded the return of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighur detainees held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay ... US President Barack Obama has ordered the Guantanamo detention centre closed by early next year. (BBC News -- Europe)
Cuban dissident's family reunion Jun 16, 2009
Italy to take Guantanamo inmates. First summit for emerging giants. (BBC News -- Americas)
CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked Jun 16, 2009
Cheney, who was a key advocate in the Bush administration of controversial interrogation methods such as waterboarding, has become as a leading Republican critic of Obama's ban on harsh interrogations and his plan to shut the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a blistering May 21 speech, Cheney said Obama's reversal of Bush-era policies were "unwise in the extreme" that would make the American people less safe. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Internet chat 'dupes Castro son' Jun 16, 2009
Page last updated at 15:22 GMT, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:22 UK. Internet chat 'dupes Castro son. (BBC News -- Americas)
Fresh torture claims against CIA Jun 16, 2009
The Guantanamo Bay detainee said that US interrogators had forced him to "make up stories", although he admitted to being behind nearly 30 terror plots ... Meanwhile, Italy has agreed to take three Guantanamo Bay detainees ... Most of the new material centres on claims of abuse by Guantanamo inmates while being held in CIA custody. (BBC News -- Americas)
Freed Uighurs relish Bermuda's sun and sand Jun 16, 2009
Former Guantanamo detainees now have refugee status on island. Former Guantanamo detainee Salahidin Abdulahat takes a swim in the Atlantic Ocean off the shore near Hamilton, Bermuda on June 14 ... Abdulahat is among four Chinese ethnic Uighurs who have just been released from U.S. military custody after years in Guantanamo, and are being resettled in Bermuda. (MSNBC -- International)
Guantanamo Uighurs hail freedom in Bermuda (AFP) Jun 16, 2009
Guantanamo Uighurs hail freedom in Bermuda - Yahoo ... Guantanamo Uighurs hail freedom in Bermuda ... AFP/File Chinese Uighur detainees talk to reporters at Camp Iguana in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Transcript: Terrorist lied after torture Jun 16, 2009
U.S. government releases new details of Guantanamo Bay hearings ... "I make up stories," Mohammed said at one point in his 2007 hearing at Guantanamo Bay. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Obama weighs release of detainees in U.S. Jun 16, 2009
Many members of Congress oppose letting Guantanamo prisoners stay ... WASHINGTON - A White House spokesman says the Obama administration has not decided whether or not to release Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States ... A tentative plan to release some Guantanamo detainees in the United States drew fierce opposition from Republicans and many Democrats in Congress, forcing the Obama administration to shelve the plan to bring some Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs to the state of Virginia.... (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Obama Says `Tough' Dialogue With Iran Will Continue Amid Election Dispute Jun 16, 2009
Obama also thanked the Italian government for agreeing to accept three prisoners from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... Obama said he appreciated Italys move to help him fulfill his promise to close the Guantanamo detention facility by agreeing to accept three detainees ... The European Union formally agreed to help resettle detainees from Guantanamo in a joint statement issued with the U.S. yesterday. (Bloomberg -- US)
CIA interrogation exposed Jun 16, 2009
In another blow to allegations by Bush-era officials that the controversial interrogation methods yielded key intelligence, top terror suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told a 2007 military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay that false statements were tortured out of him ... Majid Khan, the only US national among "high value" detainees held at Guantanamo, the US naval base in southern Cuba where some 230 prisoners remain, also claimed he had been tortured. (iAfrica.com)
U.S. needs Guantanamo base for defense Jun 6, 2009
After that, our naval presence at Guantanamo Bay protected our southern coasts and marine shipping to and from their ports past Cuba into the Atlantic Ocean ... Recently, Guantanamo has been used to house a prison, which can be closed without strategic loss, but it still is vital that the United States retain rights to this strategic real estate in Cuba for our national defense. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Canada Refuses U.S. Request to Consider Accepting Some Guantanamo Inmates Jun 6, 2009
Canada Denies U.S. Request to Take Guantanamo Inmates (Update2) - Bloomberg ... Canada Denies U.S. Request to Take Guantanamo Inmates (Update2) ... June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Canada refused a U.S. request to take Chinese Uighur Muslim inmates from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba because they have no ties to Canada, a spokesman for Prime Minister said. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Full Story » Jun 6, 2009
White House mulls Guantanamo guilty pleas: report - Yahoo ... White House mulls Guantanamo guilty pleas: report ... NEW YORK (Reuters) The Obama administration is considering seeking a change in the special U.S. military trials for Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to allow those who face the death penalty to plead guilty without getting a full trial, The New York Times reported on Friday. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
White House mulls Guantanamo guilty pleas: report Jun 6, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) The Obama administration is considering seeking a change in the special U.S. military trials for Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to allow those who face the death penalty to plead guilty without getting a full trial, The New York Times reported on Friday ... During a December hearing at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the five prisoners said they wanted to plead guilty, and military prosecutors argued they should be allowed to do so ... The Obama administration... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Guantanamo torturers "must face justice" Jun 5, 2009
Those responsible for torturing prisoners at the Guantanamo prison camp must be made to answer for their crimes before a court, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey tells swissinfo ... She also said Switzerland was prepared to receive "one or two" former detainees of the Guantanamo camp constructed by the United States on the island of Cuba ... Guantanamo is a sad reality. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Obama trip full of risks Jun 5, 2009
Obama walked a fine line here, noting that Iraq was "a war of choice" and promising to remove combat troops by 2012, end torture and close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But he also underlined several times the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and explained his nation's suspicion of violent religious extremism. (Albany Times Union)
Obama administration asks high court to reject Uighurs' release from Guantanamo Bay into US Jun 5, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration, picking up the argument of its predecessor, is opposing the release of Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay into the United States ... The Uighurs' "continued presence at Guantanamo Bay is not unlawful detention, but rather the consequence of their lawful exclusion from the United States," Solicitor General Elena Kagan told the court ... "They are free to leave Guantanamo Bay to go to any country that is willing to accept them," she said. (FOX61, CT)
House panel rejects Obama budget cuts Jun 5, 2009
The measure also rejects a $60 million Obama request for the Justice Department to finance the agency's role in closing the prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a new burst of transparency, the committee immediately posted a 76-page roster of so-called earmarks sought by lawmakers in both parties. (MSNBC -- Politics)
House Nixes Gitmo Closure Funds, Detainee Transfers Jun 5, 2009
WASHINGTON US lawmakers Thursday dealt another blow to President Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, denying a request for extra funds and restricting the transfer and release of detainees ... 4 billion dollar 2010 funding bill for the agencies under its remit, but attached conditions on releasing Guantanamo inmates ... But congressional Democrats are now reportedly considering compromise legislation that would allow the White House to transfer some Guantanamo prisoners to... (Newsmax)
Open for Business Jun 5, 2009
As the fate of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for terrorism suspects dangles in the wind awaiting President Obama's decision, the Pentagon has made it clear that the controversial U.S. Navy base, seaport and airstrip in Cuba - the only strategic U.S. military installation in the Caribbean - will continue to function in full operation, as will its McDonald's, Taco Bell and Starbucks. WISE WHITE GUY. (Townhall.com)
Guantanamo Detainee Who Died Not On Hunger Strike Jun 4, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay who died of an apparent suicide this week was not on a hunger strike at the time of his death, but he had been force-fed with a nasal tube in the past, a prison spokesman said Wednesday ... Brook DeWalt said the prisoner, who the military said was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell Monday night, had resumed eating on his own "in mid-May." He said he did not know if the longtime Guantanamo detainee had ever attempted suicide... (Fox News)
Bagram: Is it Obamas new Guantanamo? Jun 4, 2009
Bagram: Is it Obamas new Guantanamo ... Bagram: Is it Obamas new Guantanamo ... Should detainees the United States has shipped to the Bagram air base in Afghanistan have the same constitutional right to challenge their detention in court that prisoners at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba have been given. (MSNBC -- International)
UN Threatens Rumsfeld, Bush Over Gitmo Jun 4, 2009
GENEVA Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld could be in trouble soon for the role he played in human rights abuses committed in the Guantanamo prison, a United Nations expert said Wednesday ... A bipartisan Senate report released late last year found Rumsfeld and other top administration officials responsible for abuse of Guantanamo detainees ... It said Rumsfeld authorized harsh interrogation techniques on Dec. 2, 2002, at the Guantanamo prison, although he ruled them out a month later. (Newsmax)
Whats the big deal with Guantanamo? Jun 4, 2009
Opinion : Whats the big deal with Guantanamo ... Whats the big deal with Guantanamo ... The government wanted $80 million to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
* Inmate dead in apparent Gitmo suicide Jun 4, 2009
In this photo reviewed by the US military, Chinese ethnic Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who are cleared for release but have no country to go to, show a home-made note of protest to visiting members of the media on Monday at Camp Iguana detention facility, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... A man from Yemen held at the US-run prison in Guantanamo for more than seven years without charge was found dead in an apparent suicide, the US military said on Tuesday ... He had been held at Guantanamo since February... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
U.S: Gitmo detainee apparently kills self Jun 3, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials announced Tuesday ... His is the fifth apparent suicide at the Guantanamo prison, which President Barack Obama plans to close by January ... Held without charge since 2002The Yemeni prisoner, also known as Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al-Hanashi, had been held without charge at Guantanamo since February 2002. (MSNBC -- International)
Guantanamo's closing is crucial Jun 3, 2009
Guantanamo s closing is crucial ... Let s hope he also reiterates his commitment to closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ... Republicans have spent the past several months using Guantanamo as a wedge to frighten voters still easily spooked by memories of Sept. 11. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Guantanamo inmate found dead Jun 3, 2009
Yemeni inmate found dead at Guantanamo prison: US - US - World - The Times of India ... Yemeni inmate found dead at Guantanamo prison: US ... WASHINGTON: A Yemeni held at the US-run prison in Guantanamo for more than seven years without charge has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the US military said on Tuesday. (India Times, India)
