Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Mad jihadists to be set free?

After much criticism, endless suffering few 'minor' deaths or perhaps as Rear Adm Harris said with regards to the recent deaths of the three detaines he did not believe the men had killed themselves out of despair.
"They are smart. They are creative, they are committed," he said, quoted by Reuters.
"They have no regard for life, either ours or their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetrical warfare waged against us."

Time for the blood thirsty. eccentric Jihadi fighters to be set free?

The US 'wants to end Guantanamo'


Hunger strikes at the camp have flared periodically since 2002US President George W Bush has said he likes to close the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and send many detainees back to their home countries.
However, he said not all the inmates would be sent back - some would need to be put on trial in the US because they were "cold-blooded killers".
The comments came after talks with EU leaders at a one-day summit in Vienna.
Washington has faced mounting pressure over the camp that currently has about 400 detainees, mostly without charge.
Leaders at the summit also focused on other issues:
Mr Bush urges Iran to respond within "weeks, not months" on an international package of incentives to get Tehran to halt its enrichment programme
He warns North Korea against testing a long-range missile believed to be capable of reaching the US, saying it must abide by international agreements
The two sides pledge to push for a world trade agreement that would benefit poorer nations
Releases and trials
Mr Bush said he understood European concerns over the US detention camp in Cuba.
"I'd like to end Guantanamo. I'd like it to be over with," he said.
But he added that there were some detainees "who need to be tried in US courts".

The US has faced mounting criticism over the camp
"They will murder somebody if they are let out on the street."
The BBC News website's world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds says President Bush's remarks were significant because he revealed more than he has before on how he might bring the camp to a close.
Criticism to close Guantanamo has increased following the first apparent suicides by prisoners earlier this month.
Lawyers say the three men who are said to have hanged themselves had been driven by despair.
Dozens of prisoners have been released without charge, but others have been held for up to three years without being charged or facing trial.
At present only 10 inmates face trial by military tribunal and the US Supreme Court is to rule by the end of June on the legality of the tribunals.
European leaders and human rights groups have said procedures at Guantanamo Bay violate the rule of law and undermine the fight against terrorism.
The Bush administration has denied allegations of abuse at Guantanamo, and the military says it provides safe, humane care and custody of the detainees

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