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Pookie
BY JAMES TARANTO
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 1:03 p.m.
Guantanamo Bay: The American Gulag! A horrific torture chamber! Or maybe
not. Reuters--yes, Reuters--has a report from Brussels that counters the
anti-American stereotypes:
Inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison are treated better than in Belgian jails,
an expert for Europe's biggest security organization said on Monday after a
visit to the controversial U.S. detention center.
But Alain Grignard, deputy head of Brussels' federal police anti-terrorism
unit, said that holding people for many years without telling them what
would happen to them is in itself "mental torture." . . .
Grignard told a news conference that prisoners' right to practice their
religion, food, clothes and medical care were better than in Belgian
prisons.
"I know no Belgian prison where each inmate receives its [sic] Muslim
kit," Grignard said.
Grignard said that while Guantanamo was not "idyllic," he had noticed
dramatic improvements each time he visited the facility over the last two
years.
The head of the OSCE lawmakers in the delegation said she was happy with
the medical facilities at the camp, adding she believed they had been
improved recently.
And what about that "mental torture" remark? A CNN report offers some
perspective:
Prisoners from Uzbekistan, Yemen, Algeria, and other nations told
tribunals that they or their families could be tortured or killed if they
are sent home.
Some detainees worry about reprisals from militants who will suspect them
of cooperating with U.S. authorities in its war on terror. Others say their
own governments may target them for reasons that have nothing to do with why
they were taken to Guantanamo Bay in the first place.
A man from Syria who was detained along with his father pleaded with the
tribunal for help getting them political asylum--in any country that will
take them.
"You've been saying 'terrorists, terrorists.' If we return, whether we did
something or not, there's no such things as human rights. We will be killed
immediately," he said. "You know this very well."
It may be that many of the Gitmo detainees are lucky to be there--and the
self-styled do-gooders who are trying to get them out would condemn them to
a much worse fate.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110008057
GW Chimpzilla's Eye-Rack Neocon Utopia
> Nice Place to Visit
> BY JAMES TARANTO
> Tuesday, March 7, 2006 1:03 p.m.
>
> Guantanamo Bay: The American Gulag! A horrific torture chamber! Or maybe
> not. Reuters--yes, Reuters--has a report from Brussels that counters the
> anti-American stereotypes:
> Inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison are treated better than in Belgian jails,
> an expert for Europe's biggest security organization said on Monday after a
> visit to the controversial U.S. detention center.
>
What will you do if the people you knew
Were the plastic that melted,
And the chromium too?
WHO ARE THE BRAIN POLICE?
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There are only two kinds of Republicans: Millionaires and fools.
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is that a small child
or a small negro?
small negro child?
a probe should be launched IMHO
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> Nice Place to Visit
> BY JAMES TARANTO
> Tuesday, March 7, 2006 1:03 p.m.
> It may be that many of the Gitmo detainees are lucky to be there--and the
> self-styled do-gooders who are trying to get them out would condemn them to
> a much worse fate.
>
> http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110008057
Yes, it may be that there are even some people in the US for which Gitmo
would be superior to their current lives. Of course, they might not want
to be there...
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John Starrett