Posted on 12/15/2005 7:52:26 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Guantanamo, Cuba—A group of anti-war protesters awaiting sentencing on charges of throwing blood on a soldier, a recruiting station and the U.S. flag are now in Cuba, protesting the alleged treatment of terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
According to a Ithaca Journal, the three Ithaca residents, “Daniel Burns, Clare Grady and Teresa Grady, have joined about 25 other protesters fasting since Monday at a Cuban military checkpoint outside the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay.”
The group is demanding access to the hundreds of detainees being held at the naval base, some since just after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. About 32 of the detainees are conducting a hunger strike to protest their treatment.
The three, along with fellow Ithacite Peter DeMott, were convicted of charges of trespassing and damaging government property after a jury trial in Binghamton in September 2005.
The group was accused of going to a Army recruiting center near Ithaca on March 17, 2003, and throwing their own blood on the walls, the floor, the United States flag and Staff Sgt. Rachon Montgomery, who was working as an army recruiter that day.
The protesters, while admitting to their actions, claim they have done nothing wrong. The four, who are representing themselves, claimed that their actions were legally justified because they did it to stop the United States from invading Iraq.
During the trial, it was revealed that two of the four protesters, DeMott and Clare Grady, had histories of committing violent acts against federal property.
Sentencing for the four is scheduled for January 2006.
The group is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Miroslav Lovric at the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York, Binghamton branch office. It is unknown whether prosecutors are aware of the four’s trip to Cuba.
According to the Journal, the three protestors “have had no travel restrictions placed on them…until their sentencing in January in federal court. But one of the conditions of their freedom is to not break any laws.”
”Americans face restrictions when traveling to Cuba and face both civil and criminal penalties if they don't get approval from the U.S. Treasury Department, a spokeswoman said [but] could not confirm whether the three protesters had obtained the required permission, saying that information was confidential.”
These people should be a prison cell already. The fact they are free to do this while awaiting sentencing is disgusting.
Fast away, then BLOW away.
When can we start shooting these clowns?
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Rent-a-Mob.
Who is paying their salary, plane tickets, living expenses, medical care?
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They are in Cuba, why don't they go and protest at Castro's prisons?
Oh silly me, there are no prisons in Cuba. Those are tropical vacation resorts.
"A group of anti-war protesters awaiting sentencing on charges of throwing blood on a soldier, a recruiting station and the U.S. flag"
Open the gate, let them in then kick their butts back to Ithica.
just throw them across the link fence and tell Castro they are U.S. Spies..
Soros.
Where do you think the blood came from?
As soon as I can chamber six rounds in my Colt. Gimme a minute......
This was an assault with a possibly lethal weapon. They should be forcefully tested for diseases if necessary and be sitting in jail.
> The group is demanding access to the hundreds of detainees being held at the naval base
Well I say, access 'em! Access 'em immediately! What's the hold-up? What's the Delay???
They'll all look good in Orange, and those Terrorists probably haven't had any sympathetic company for -- well -- years now.
"Welcome to Gitmo, folks. I hope you enjoy your stay."
This socialist protesting thing must be the greatest thing since synthetic underwear. Where else can you flit all over the globe protesting while not ever have had a job? You flimflam the people with jobs to support your lifestyle. Pretty cool.
For the life of me, I can't think of a single reason, given this is Cuba and they are doing this on foreign soil in a time of war, for the military not to mow these people down with a machine gun and throw their bodies into the ocean as enemy combatants.
> for the military not to mow these people down with a machine gun and throw their bodies into the ocean as enemy combatants.
I struggle with this, but I can find one single reason: it's Christmas, a time of Peace and Goodwill to all. They are poor, misguided fools, on a fool's errand, and destined to come to a fool's end. 'Tis a time of Miracles, for Dreams to come true.
If they demand Access, I say give it to 'em. Orange Jump-suits and all, as much as they want -- and then some.
See if they still like these Saintly terrorist suspects after a few nights of "Christmas Cheer" Muslim-Terrorist-Style.
why aren't THESE people examined by the IRS??? who funds them and pays their bills back in Evil while they are vacationing in cuba???
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