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Guantanamo Prison Guards, Inmates Clash
A golden opportunity missed...SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Prisoners wielding improvised weapons clashed with guards trying to stop a detainee from committing suicide at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the military said Friday. Okay, Achmed. You draw short straw. Here is rope. Say hello to Allah for me. The fight occurred Thursday in a medium-security section of the camp as guards were responding to the fourth attempted suicide that day at the detention center on the U.S. Navy base, said Cmdr. Robert Durand. Detainees used fans, light fixtures and other improvised weapons to attack the guards as they entered a communal living area to stop a prisoner who was trying to hang himself, Durand said. Okay. No more fans. Cuba in the summer? You won't need 'em. Earlier in the day, three detainees in another part of the prison attempted suicide by swallowing prescription medicine they had been hoarding. Okay. So no more prescription medicine. Wouldn't want the boys to harm themselves now, would we? The detainees who took part in the clash with guards were moved to higher-security sections. Welcome to Truncheon Land... Those who attempted suicide received medical treatment, the military said. Their names were not released. What's next? Another "hunger strike"? The incidents occurred on the same day the military transferred 15 Saudi detainees to their country, leaving about 460 detainees at Guantanamo. Soon to be in the Saudi "Cake or Die" Repentance Program. There have been 39 suicide attempts at Guantanamo since the prison opened in January 2002, the military said. At least 12 were by Juma'a Mohammed al-Dossary, a 32-year-old from Bahrain. Keep trying, kid. You'll get it right one of these days. Guantanamo Bay holds detainees suspected of links to al-Qaida or the Taliban. I thought they were all just victims of circumstances. Looks like some AP editor was asleep at the switch. Posted by: tu3031 2006-05-19 |
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