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Home Front: WoT
Lawyer says terror suspect at Guantanamo attempted suicide last month
2008-05-21
A lawyer for the alleged "20th hijacker" says the Saudi tried to kill himself at Guantanamo last month after learning he faced a possible death sentence.

The lawyer says Mohammed al-Qahtani cut himself repeatedly and had to be hospitalized.

Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez said Tuesday that al-Qahtani was upset to learn he faced murder and war crimes charges in the Sept. 11 attacks. The Pentagon later dropped the charges without saying why.

The US has said he had tried to join the 9/11 hijackers, but couldn't get into the country.

Gutierrez was not able to reveal the information until now because of security rules. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Let him have ball bearings rolled in rat poison.

Oh. And a slingshot.
Posted by: Bobby   2008-05-21 20:17  

#5  Whole lotta "attempting", not a lotta "succeeding"...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-05-21 14:43  

#4  I hope someone in the Administration has enough common sense to understand that suicide attempts are another form off Jihadi warfare against the West. The effective suicide of any person retained in Guantanimo would not only be a propaganda victory for Al-Qaida, but also a personal victory for the one who died. Removing themselves from the control of the infidel is considered by these a$$holes as being a victory, albeit a minor one. These people do NOT THINK like we do, and we have to recognize that. The more publicity we give them, the greater is their propaganda triumph. They should all be hauled off at midnight, shot, and dumped in the ocean. Let the sharks feast.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-05-21 13:41  

#3  Next time let's hope the guards are kind enough to leave some poison or razor blades lying around.
Posted by: ed   2008-05-21 09:14  

#2  so he was a failure at that as well, huh?
Posted by: Frank G   2008-05-21 07:33  

#1  "By gum, nobody gets to kill me but me, by gum!"
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-05-21 07:04  

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