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U.S.: 3 Guantanamo inmates commit suicide (Updated w/article)
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| 6/10/06
Posted on 06/10/2006 11:34:19 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
Edited on 06/10/2006 12:03:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON - Three detainees at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide in what apparently was a joint pact to protest the U.S. military prison that holds suspected terrorists, a senior administration official said Saturday.
They are the first deaths reported at the detention center in Cuba, where the United States is holding about 460 men on suspicion of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban.
It was not immediately clear when the inmates died.
It also was not clear whether the suicides were connected to a violent clash last month between detainees and military guards at Guantanamo.
The Pentagon scheduled a briefing for later Saturday.
President Bush, spending the weekend at Camp David, was notified of the incident, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Pentagon was announcing the details.
There also is a hunger strike among detainees, though the number of inmates refusing food dropped to 18 by last weekend from a high of 131...
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 3down497togo; allahfubar; buhbye; darwinaward; gitmo; goodriddance; guantanamo; gwot; keepsgettingbetter; moregoodnews; noproblemhere; novirgins4u; pigfat; takingoutthetrash; terrorism; thefuncontinues; waronterror; wereonarollnow; whataweek; wot
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To: Lunatic Fringe
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posted on
06/10/2006 11:35:24 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
All three pounded their heads against the prison cell bars, if you know what I mean. ;)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Outstanding!
I wonder if we can encourage the rest to follow suit.
4
posted on
06/10/2006 11:35:50 AM PDT
by
Pox
To: Lunatic Fringe
good. i hope they were painful suicides.
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posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:00 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: Lunatic Fringe
I guess they heard about Zarqawi's passing.
To: Lunatic Fringe
And the left will throw them an old fashioned irish wake....at the expense of American safety.
7
posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:33 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Without a bomb I take it. /s
8
posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:33 AM PDT
by
csvset
("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Finally! More to follow I hope.
9
posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:39 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Pobrecitos.
10
posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:49 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Dang! And they were going to be released today.
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posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:50 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
"Three detainees at Guantanamo Bay have committed suicide"
How do we get the rest of the vermin to follow suit?
12
posted on
06/10/2006 11:36:54 AM PDT
by
Jameison
To: Lunatic Fringe
Probably got the news their hero, Zark, checked out.
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posted on
06/10/2006 11:37:17 AM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Perhaps the poor souls were despondent over the teasing from the cruel American guards that their idol Zarqawi had been terminated!
14
posted on
06/10/2006 11:37:24 AM PDT
by
Pox
To: Lunatic Fringe
Cool, 3 down 500 to go. Hopefully we'll see headlines soon about the mass prison break and all the terrorists who were shot 'trying to escape'.
15
posted on
06/10/2006 11:37:33 AM PDT
by
wvobiwan
(If you're not part of the solution, you're obviously a liberal Democrat.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
To: Lunatic Fringe
Sorry but I do not find this news worthy.
17
posted on
06/10/2006 11:37:38 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me)
To: Lunatic Fringe
"I'm deeply saddemned..."
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posted on
06/10/2006 11:37:40 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Is this total?
The last three years?
Just last week?
What?
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posted on
06/10/2006 11:37:59 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Lunatic Fringe
What's the over/under on minutes before a Democratic congressperson demands an investigation?
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