i want one of this kind in every cell. With this they would even tell you Osama's favorite color...sarcasm
Posted on 08/10/2005 5:28:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. military plans to ease conditions for some detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — housing them in a renovated section with televisions, stereos and a view of the Caribbean, the detention center's commanding officer said in court papers.
For the past several weeks, the military has been renovating Camp Iguana for detainees who are deemed no longer a threat to the United States, Brig Gen. Jay Hood said in an affidavit filed late Tuesday in federal court in Washington.
The renovations are scheduled to be finished around Aug. 15, and some of those designated "No Longer Enemy Combatants," or NLEC's, will be able to live in communal housing with air conditioning, unlimited showers and additional food, Hood said.
"The living conditions for NLEC's have been evolving and will continue to do so," the general said in the affidavit.
Camp Iguana, which was previously used for daytime recreation for Guantanamo detainees considered the most compliant, has been closed for six months. The reason for the closure or the cost of the upgrade was not immediately available, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
Hood's affidavit was filed by the government in the case of two Chinese Uighurs, A'Del Abdu Al-Hakim and Abu Baker Qassim, who the government says were captured in Pakistan as they fled a Taliban military training camp near Tora Bora, Afghanistan in 2001.
The military has determined that the Uighurs, a persecuted minority in their native China, are no longer enemy combatants, but under U.S. law can't be deported back to their native China because they could face persecution or torture.
U.S. officials say they are trying to find another country to accept the two men and other Uighurs who have been detained at the prison for terror suspects at the base in eastern Cuba.
Sabin Willett, a lawyer for the two Uighurs, has argued that while authorities try to figure out where to send the men the government should either release them on bond in the United States, place them in a less restrictive facility for illegal migrants at Guantanamo or let them live among military personnel at the base. A federal judge held a hearing on the matter last week but has not issued a ruling.
Hood's affidavit argues for placing them in the refurbished Camp Iguana, on a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea, along with at least two other Uighurs.
The United States holds about 520 detainees at Guantanamo Bay but the State Department says that it is negotiating with a number of countries to return their nationals. Earlier this month the United States reached agreement with Afghanistan to return roughly 100 Afghans to their country.
What? No more lobster?
Geeeee wizzz, how much easier can it be!!!!!!
norms..what is the title of the person you send mail too to report abuse...i need the correct spelling. This has nothing to do with this article..just needed to forward something to someone in charge.
You have FReeP Mail. :)
lol..I DO..BUT SERIOUSLY ..what is the correct name of the person to forward strange freep mail too... moderator was not correct....
When do the tour busses leave?
Do they have a health spa?
Do they take Jihad Express credit cards?
So many questions and so little time to make reservations at Club Gitmo.
Television , VCR, a view of the sea, air Conditioning, damn can I get a room there in January? It gets cold here in Maryland then and this sounds like a nice vacation spot for a month or two.
Not all or even none of the prisoners in the federal prison have this priveleges eventhough they did not committed terroristic offenses... I dont see any importance to this kind of act to the terrorists...its a waste of government money.. they should have been killed!
I went thru the channel you suggested..thanks.
Use Admin Moderator instead of Moderator.
There are also Sidebar Moderators and the Infamous Lead Moderator. ;-).
that worked too..so that is taken care of now...
They better send the bill for these extra frills to Amnasty Int'l and the aCLU.
Yesterday, RUSH said he got contacted by a commander or chief NCO at Camp Gitmo for 100 sets of his Camp Gitmo gear. Was it for the guests or the employees?
Rush should tell the Travel Channel to do a show for Al Jazeera.
See my post #15:)
i want one of this kind in every cell. With this they would even tell you Osama's favorite color...sarcasm
Oh the humanity.....how much lower can this evil empire go in its mistreatment of prisoners (sarcasm off)
I could make them talk. I could make them SING!
I will say no more.
just close the damn place already. we've surrendered.
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