"Daddy, when I gwo up I wanna be a KANGAWU SKINA"
The road to Jihadi is paved with Kanga-K-Bobs....
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| U.S. removes Saddam photo from Gitmo |
| 2007-02-02 |
| Having a little fun with the boys, are we? SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A news report about Saddam Hussein's execution was removed from a recreation area at the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a detainee's lawyer accused officials of using it to frighten prisoners, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday. Didya hear, guys? His head popped clean off! Authorities also removed an Arabic-language poster that depicted Saddam's capture, court appearances and death sentence, said Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand, a Guantanamo Bay spokesman. The military decided the poster "appeared insensitive" and did not belong in the recreation area, where authorities post information about current events for detainees. Awwwwwwwwwww...did it scare the Brave Jihadi Warriors? "The intent of this poster was to show that the Iraqi people are making progress and have delivered justice," Durand said in an e-mailed statement from the detention center on a U.S. Navy base in southeastern Cuba. ...and that maybe this could happen to you, Brave Jihadi Warrior. Earlier, an attorney for Australian detainee David Hicks complained the military was attempting to intimidate prisoners with news of the Iraqi leader's execution. "What they're trying to do is ground them into submission with the prospect of their execution," attorney Joshua Dratel said by phone from a Florida airport as he returned from a visit with Hicks. We heard he died slow, mate. Maybe that won't happen to you. But maybe it will. Tough to find a good hangman these days... Dratel said detainees were shown photographs of the execution, but Durand said the news article included only a picture of Saddam before the hanging. Woah! Look at that! That looked really painful! That hadda hurt! Durand said stories are intended only to provide "intellectual stimulation" to detainees, most of whom have been held since 2002 and otherwise would learn about the outside world only from their attorneys and letters from their families. The military has displayed stories from a number of news organizations on such topics as the decision by Keith Ellison, a Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota, to take the ceremonial oath with a Quran instead of a Bible."Articles chosen are not always pro-U.S.," Durand said. Why? Dratel noted that some of the nearly 400 men held at Guantanamo could face execution if they are convicted by military tribunals. Let's hope so. Hicks, a former kangaroo skinner, was one of the first prisoners to arrive at the isolated detention center when it opened in January 2002. His lawyers say he is suffering from depression and ill health because of the conditions of his incarceration. "He's doing as poorly as I've seen in the three years we've been going down there," Dratel said. Manolo! The violin! Hicks' father, Terry Hicks, said that showing detainees the photo and articles about the execution amounted to "intimidation, mind games and mental torture. My reaction to that is that plain and simply the Americans have now lowered themselves to the regime that they put out in the first place," said Terry Hicks, who lives in Adelaide, Australia. You know? That one my kid worked for? Hicks was detained in Afghanistan and was originally charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit war crimes and aiding the enemy. He was selected to face a U.S. military tribunal before the U.S. Supreme Court declared the commissions illegal in June. The lead U.S. prosecutor in a revised tribunal system, Air Force Col. Morris Davis, has said Hicks could be among a handful of prisoners expected to be charged by Friday. Or maybe not. Maybe he'll get to wait another couple of years... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 Like we all know Saddam had no connection to Al Qaida. |
| Posted by: john 2007-02-02 18:39 |
| #5 Hicks, a former kangaroo skinner "Daddy, when I gwo up I wanna be a KANGAWU SKINA" The road to Jihadi is paved with Kanga-K-Bobs.... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2007-02-02 16:21 |
| #4 "Hicks, a former kangaroo skinner,..." Hicks may have been somewhat cheered up by Saddam's demise...like the good old days in the outback. |
| Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2007-02-02 15:17 |
| #3 I just don't understand why a bunch of |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-02-02 13:53 |
| #2 ..and did not belong in the recreation area |
| Posted by: The All Unknowing Eye 2007-02-02 13:08 |
| #1 detainee's lawyer accused officials of using it to frighten prisoners Just once it would be nice to hear a big, "no shit" from the military. Then hang the lawyer of course. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-02-02 13:06 |