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| Guantanamo prisoners to stay in detention till war ends: Rumsfeld | |
| 2003-09-12 | |
The United States wants to hold most of the inmates of a US prison camp in Cuba for the duration of the war on terrorism instead of trying them before military tribunals, Defence Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld said. The 660 or so men held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base are imprisoned not as punishment but âto keep them from going back and fighting again and killing people,â Rumsfeld said Wednesday. He said most would be held until what the United States describes as the global war on terrorism is over — a fight that Rumsfeld has said could last years, if not decades.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #13 Damn,and I was just visualizing a 90 mph wind blown2x4. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-13 9:02:20 AM |
| #12 Yank, I read somewhere that the "dog kennels" were emptied months ago. All the Gitmo jihadis are now indoors. |
| Posted by: Craig 2003-9-12 10:15:07 PM |
| #11 Flaming Sword I understand the libertarian position on drug use and don't disagree with it in principle. There are some folks in the drug trade and the illegal arms trade and in organized crime in general who have debased themselves to such levels that they no longer belong in society. A human who would dismember another human for profit, religion or "honor," cannot be allowed to exist in the society with my children and your children. In Dostevesky's days they were sent to Siberia without opportunity for reprieve. Works for me. An Aleutian island would do just fine. The society this group of refuse decided to form once they were collected in such a place is of no concern to you and me. It is between them and their God. I see no possiblity of my plan being adopted so a Super Max or Gtmo is fine by me as long as the humanity of the guards is no debased by having to deal with them. I am not a fan of the death penalty because I think it plays into the hands of the killers. Why should I dirty my soul with a killing of human excrement. The dismemberers should be sent away and forgotten. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-12 8:53:12 PM |
| #10 I'm kind of wondering what will happen when a hurricane cuts across Southern Cuba. Do they have walls at Gitmo or are they still in chain-link fence cells? |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-9-12 5:56:09 PM |
| #9 No offense Super Hose, but I don't suppose you've ever considered the irony of day after day pounding on how "oppressive" the Islamic nutcases are about everything from liquor to porn to women's rights WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY endorsing the misguided "war on drugs", have you? If you honestly believe that all adults have the INHERENT right to make decisions for themselves, then your support of the "war on drugs" backs you into a bit of a corner, doesn't it? |
| Posted by: Flaming Sword 2003-9-12 2:05:46 PM |
| #8 raptor - I think he was referring to Cuba/Castro/Expanding Gitmo? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-12 2:05:22 PM |
| #7 Eyeeye If there is any possibility of a nutso Democrat (I am not referring to one in the vein of Truman or Kennedy) then the people at Guantanamo should get a speedy trial and be shot. One of the nice things about the US system is that there is plenty of time between election and the new President taking the oath and assumming command. :-) |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-9-12 12:12:43 PM |
| #6 "It works here. Crime is down. Wonder if we'll need more space after the commie thug dies?" Who and where are you? |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-12 11:36:40 AM |
| #5 Maybe we ought to adopt this strategy for smugglers arrested in the War on Drugs. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-12 10:49:48 AM |
| #4 Excellent - they'll be there til 2008 when Hillary lets them out. |
| Posted by: Eyeyeye 2003-9-12 10:28:55 AM |
| #3 They'll stay there 'til hell freezes over or we stupidly elect someone like Howard Dean. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2003-9-12 9:17:51 AM |
| #2 It works here. Crime is down. Wonder if we'll need more space after the commie thug dies? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-12 2:02:13 AM |
| #1 POW's don't get parolled. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-12 12:49:03 AM |