Posted on 04/26/2008 5:46:25 PM PDT by traumer
Next month, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who was once a driver for Osama bin Laden, could become the first detainee to be tried for war crimes in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By now, he should be busily working on his defense.
But his lawyers say he cannot. They say Hamdan, already the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, has essentially been driven insane by solitary confinement in a tiny cell where he spends at least 22 hours a day, goes to the bathroom and eats all his meals. His defense team says he is suicidal, hears voices, has flashbacks, talks to himself and says the restrictions of Guantánamo "boil his mind."
"He will shout at us," said his military defense lawyer, Lieutenant Commander Brian Mizer. "He will bang his fists on the table."
His lawyers have asked a military judge to stop his case until Hamdan is placed in less restrictive conditions at Guantánamo, saying he cannot get a fair trial if he cannot focus on defending himself. The judge is to hear arguments as soon as Monday on whether he has the power to consider the claim.
Critics have long asserted that Guantánamo's climate-controlled isolation is a breeding ground for insanity. But turning that into a legal claim marks a new stage for the military commissions at Guantánamo. As military prosecutors push to get trials under way, they are being met with challenges not just to the charges, but to Guantánamo itself.
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And the problem is... ?
The mussie scum started out insane.....we are just helping them get completed...
Guantánamo’s climate-controlled isolation is a breeding ground for insanity...
Give them something to do !
“His defense team says he is suicidal, hears voices, has flashbacks, talks to himself and says the restrictions of Guantánamo “boil his mind.”
Well,,, he is a muslim.
LMAO!! This ought to be good. Can’t wait to see the comments for this thread!!
Yeah, cause there is no way he was nuts before he got there>
I love that jpeg!
What? People pay good money for oceanside vacations in Cuba and these puds are staying for free. What the hell’s their problem?
prisoner6
*sniff* *sob*
Good, maybe they’ll talk sooner.
EXACTLY
Could be the critics are also insane.
The realization of defeat from this raghead is doing it.
Well, here in the US we have the Democrat Party driving us insane.
From a man that won't own a TV, and gave up a relationship with a HOT older TSgt that happened to have a little drama in her life....
Climate controlled isolation sounds like heaven to me.
I'll even stand respectully for the Colors, morning and night. As always.
/johnny/
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