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Captured terrorists, brutally restricted by the U.S. to having only two strawberries in their shortcake instead of three for dessert after dinner, have now been cut down to one.
It's enough to make a terrorist consider another line of work.
(No truth to the rumor that that was the whole idea.)
Exclusive: Lawyer says Guantanamo abuse worse since Obama
Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:48am EST
by Luke Baker
LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards "get their kicks in" before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees.
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He stressed the mistreatment did not appear to be directed from above, but was an initiative undertaken by frustrated U.S. army and navy jailers on the ground. It did not seem to be a reaction against the election of Obama, a Democrat who has pledged to close the prison camp within a year, but rather a realization that there was little time remaining before the last 241 detainees, all Muslim, are released.
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If you were a current occupant of Guantanamo, would you rather live in Guantanamo or in Rikers/Sing Sing? The way I see it, you got your soccer, your specially prepared meals, nice outdoor temps and nobody (because they are all Muslim) trying to make you their girlfriend in Guantanamo.
Walsh said his review looked at 20 allegations of abuse, 14 of which were substantiated, but he did not go into details. Generally he said the abuse ranged from "gestures, comments, disrespect" to "preemptive use of pepper spray."
If you were a current occupant of Guantanamo, would you rather live in Guantanamo or in Rikers/Sing Sing? The way I see it, you got your soccer, your specially prepared meals, nice outdoor temps and nobody (because they are all Muslim) trying to make you their girlfriend in Guantanamo.
He stressed the mistreatment did not appear to be directed from above, but was an initiative undertaken by frustrated U.S. army and navy jailers on the ground. It did not seem to be a reaction against the election of Obama, a Democrat who has pledged to close the prison camp within a year, but rather a realization that there was little time remaining before the last 241 detainees, all Muslim, are released.
Reading for comprehension is fundamental.
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Guantanamo Abuse Worse Since Obama!
