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Islamists flay 'X-Ray' detentions
Kuwaiti Islamists have launched an unprecedented scathing attack against the United States for the continued detention of 12 Kuwaitis at Camp "X-Ray" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They threatened to take "another action" against the US if their detention was prolonged.
| Going to explode, are they? They're Islamists. We're the U.S. What's unprecedented about that? Tell them to go to hell. |
"The US inhumane practices against the Guantanamo detainees are worse than the practices of tyrant Saddam Hussein, himself," Chairman of the parliamentary Human Rights Panel MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei said in a press conference with Islamist MPs Abdullah Akash and Awwad Barad at the National Assembly Monday.
| A little hyperbole, Waleed? Where were you when home was Sammy's 19th province? |
Tabtabaei strongly criticised the US for not responding to continued demands and calls to release the detainees or take them to trial and permit their families or independent third parties to visit them and take a closer look at their conditions. He affirmed the Parliament will take "another action" if the detainees issue was prolonged, "but we hope the US will end this issue at the shortest time possible."
| "We expect the U.S. to cave in to our caterwauling and spittle spewing so we can get murderous but like-minded thugs out of stir as soon as possible." |
"Kuwait has supported the US in the most difficult circumstances despite the embarrassment this support caused Kuwait, which entails it (the US) to take the initiative to end this issue," said Tabtabaei.
| The U.S. has supported Kuwait in even more difficult circumstances. But Sammy's gone and won't be back, so there's no need for gratitude anymore, is there? |
He added Guantanamo detainees are being subjected to serious violations of human rights. "Guantanamo detainees should be given the permission to meet with members of their families and to have the freedom to choose legal counsel and the privilege to get speedy public trials," said Tabtabaei. He revealed the panel was looking into the cases of 12 Kuwaiti detainees whom, he said, were held without being officially charged.
| They just popped up in Guantanamo and we kept them because we don't like Kuwaitis, of course... |
He said information on the fate of the detainees comes from one source only — US authorities. "For this reason, not much was known about the detainees since the US does not provide ample information about them," he added. Meanwhile, MP Akash noted with satisfaction "the Kuwaiti government was belatedly paying serious attention to the issue of the detainees."
| War's over, huh? No more danger, huh? |
He thanked the efforts of House Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi aimed at solving the issue of the detainees, "which culminated in Al-Khorafi's invitation to Parliaments of countries with detainees in Guantanamo to work in unison toward a just resolution of the detainees' problem."
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-05 |
