Saturday, July 08, 2006

Gitmo Suicide Probe Finds Hints of Plot


I came across a news article by the AP that suggests that the suicides that occurred recently at old Guantanomo Bay was part of a plot by the Islamofascist psychos in residence there.


Usually an Islamofascist suicide has something to do with homicide, thus my interest was piqued to read. I may run into a better source than the AP, because after I read the article I came away feeling a bit of a rebuke.
The AP article says "plot," but focuses on a point of view that the authorities violated Gitmo detainees' rights in the process of uncovering the plot.
An investigation into three apparent suicides at the Guantanamo Bay prison has found that other detainees may have helped the men hang themselves or were planning to kill themselves too.

Above is the incoherent description of the plot. There is no mention of the desired end-goals of the suicides. The lead paragraph merely tells us a group of detainees got together to off each other. Three succeeded! Did the others loose courage or screw up? Was the point to become a martyr and find paradise with an attempt at embarrassing the jailers? There is no elaboration.
The detention center's commander, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, said in an affidavit that investigators believe "the suicides may have been part of a larger plan or pact for more suicides that day or in the immediate future."

Authorities confiscated personal papers from nearly all 450 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to "determine whether other suicides were planned or likely to be planned," Carol Kisthardt, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent in charge of the investigation, said in an affidavit.
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Lawyers for Guantanamo detainees have condemned the confiscation of the legal papers as a violation of attorney-client privilege and asked a judge to order their immediate return.

Investigators said they confiscated about 1,100 pounds of personal documents after three detainees were found hanging from their steel mesh cells before dawn on June 10 - the first reported deaths of prisoners at the prison.

Bill Goodman, legal director for the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents about 200 detainees, said Saturday that the government's request for a special review panel would undermine trust between prisoners and their lawyers and delay the legal process.

"It's another roadblock," Goodman said.

So the AP focuses on rights violations and not the goal of the suicide pact: What is that about? Obviously the Islamofascist terrorists were and are planning something even while detained. I cannot imagine that being good for the detention camp jailors. Maybe we should get a little info as to why the suicides were executed. It would also be good to find out why others did not follow suit as well. I have to believe the plan was insidious, but that would be politically incorrect.

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