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| BBC: Moronic Lawyer Visits GITMO and Discovers Inequality that Was Previously Reported |
| 2003-12-18 |
| EFL A lawyer who has visited his client being held at a US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told the BBC prisoners there are not being treated equally. Stephen Kenny was the first civilian lawyer allowed access to any of the former Afghan war suspects being held at the military facility. He said there was a pecking order of treatment depending on the captive’s nationality - with Americans on top. Here is a link to a post from 9/16 called: Gitmo Reward Plan Lets Prisoner Earn Perks. To the more than casual observer, it should be obvious that the US has different layers of treatment for detainees. Inequality of treatment is not much of a dirty little secret to expose when it has been publicized two months ago. It is interesting to note that the Americans must be sucking up the extra benefits. Our punks don’t make very committed jihadis. Mr Kenny visited his client - Australian David Hicks - last week. He said Mr Hicks - a convert to Islam who was arrested two years ago in Afghanistan - had survived reasonably well, but had a desperate desire to go home. - Obviously a stooly if he is being treated well. Mr Hicks "was absolutely glad to see me. Indeed, his last letter home wanted to know where I was and why hadn’t I been there," Mr Kenny told the BBC’s World Today programme. The lawyer said that in order to be allowed to see his client, he had to sign a legal document preventing him from talking about anything related to Guantanamo Bay and what he saw there without the permission of the US military authorities. Nevertheless, Mr Kenny said inmates appeared to be treated differently depending on whether they came from countries that had allied themselves with the Americans or not. A brilliant stroke of genius - break regulations in defending a man who will be tried in a miltary tribunal. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #7 Nevertheless, Mr Kenny said inmates appeared to be treated differently depending on whether they came from countries that had allied themselves with the Americans or not. So what? These twats were captured in a foreign land, are not legal U.S. citizens or residents, nor are they uniformed soldiers of some nation's armed forces. I sure as hell don't care whether they are being discriminated against, and I don't see any particular reason why anyone else should. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-18 10:39:53 PM |
| #6 At least it's a BBC article. If it was from the NYT, I would question whether the lawyer actually went to Gitmo, or whether the lawyer actually existed at all. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-18 8:45:19 PM |
| #5 You mean your client has too many perks? Well we will just get right on that. I just shake my head every time I hear about the injustices that these jihadis face at the hands of the U.S. We should have just put a bullet in their brain and that would end the discussion. Jihadis have NO legal status and keeping them alive in a humane act in itself, these Isalomfacists would never return that favor. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-18 2:50:33 PM |
| #4 The Left's whining about plastic turkeys, mission accomplished banners and "torture" at GITMO, does more for Bush's reelection campaign than anything else around. It makes everything the left says suspect for petty, partisan, bickering. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-18 1:33:16 PM |
| #3 "Gitmo Reward Plan Lets Prisoner Earn Perks" Turn in 10 jihadis and get 5 free upgrade coupons? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-12-18 1:16:33 PM |
| #2 Why do we allow anyone not part of the military to visit Gitmo? This should be strictly a military installation. We have a hard enough time keeping security with our own personnel, some of whom seem to have their own agendas. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-18 1:15:16 PM |
| #1 the BBC prisoners there are not being treated equally I didn't know there are BBC prisoners at Gitmo. Awesome. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-12-18 12:49:20 PM |