December 08, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Harper's Scott Horton sat down with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to discuss the breaking story of the three alleged suicides of Guantanamo Bay detainees in 2006. According to reports, the three inmates all committed suicide in the same manner, somehow binding and gagging themselves, placing fake dummies in their beds to fool authorities, then hanging themselves in their cells, going dead and undetected for nearly two hours. Many people are suggesting foul play. Not a surprise coming from a prison chosen because it was "beyond" the rule of law. In a separate interview, study supervisor Mark Denbeaux said "The most innocent explanation is that this is Gitmo meets Lord of the Flies." Read More »
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December 07, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
According to the US military report, on the night of June 9, 2006, three individual detainees in individual cells in Guantanamo Bay prison somehow "braided nooses out of their sheets and/or pillowcases, made mannequins of themselves so it would appear to the guards that they were asleep, hung sheets to block vision into their cells, tied their own feet together, tied their own hands together, stuffed rags down their mouths and throats, hung the noose from the metal mesh of their cell walls/ceilings, climbed up on to their sinks, put the nooses around their necks, released their weight to result in death by strangulation, and hung for at least two hours, completely unnoticed by guards, even though the cells were supposed to be under constant supervision by guards and video monitoring." It's all over the internet. Here's a brief round-up of what's been said so far. Read More »
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December 04, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
Check out this new video interview featuring author and activist Andy Worthington as he talks about his work in exposing the real story behind the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Read More »
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December 04, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
What's fear got to do with it? When it comes to Guantanamo detainees, Illinois and House Rep. Mark Kirk -- everything. That is until you realize that the fear card isn't working. Rep. Kirk dealt from the bottom of the deck and got trumped by the truth when others balked at his gloom n' doom rhetoric. Now he's back-peddling and saying he wants a "dispassionate and specific" debate on detainees coming to a prison in Thomson, Ill. Hmm. Too little, too late for the man who thinks Chicago is about to become a Jihadi hot zone. Read More »
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December 02, 2009 | Posted by Danielle Belton
In President Obama's speech Tuesday he reiterated his pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and that America is against torture -- but what about stories of "black jail" sites in Bagram, Afghanistan? Read More »
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