Posted on 05/11/2009 11:40:01 AM PDT by freespirited
A Yemeni held at Guantanamo slashed his wrist and hurled the blood at his lawyer during a meeting at the prison, the attorney said Monday, describing the incident as a suicide attempt by a psychologically troubled man who should be returned home immediately for treatment...
A prison spokesman, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brook DeWalt, confirmed the incident but said Latif's injuries were minor and the prisoner was in no danger. He said the incident would not be categorized as an attempted suicide.
"It's a form of self harm, but it is clearly not classified as a suicide attempt," DeWalt said. "It's a minor injury."
[Latif's attorney] disputes the characterization, saying he was covered in Latif's blood when the prisoner threw it at him.
Latif has been held at Guantanamo without charge since January 2002. His lawyer says he is kept in isolation in the psychiatric ward of the prison, claims to hear voices and see ghosts and has repeatedly tried to commit suicide, including by trying to hang himself with a piece of tarp in September.
"This is a guy who needs treatment, but all they are attempting to do is keep him subdued," Remes said in an interview from the base.
Four prisoners have killed themselves at the base and lawyers claim there have been numerous attempts. The military says many incidents are not actual suicide attempts but merely "self-harm incidents" intended to gain attention.
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Then leave him alone for a couple of days.
Clearly this Gitmo gentleman needs to be released in Berkeley.
His virgins are calling him...
He immediately needs to released into the general US public and given full rights. This agression will not be tolerated!
> ... suicide attempt by a psychologically troubled man who should be returned home immediately for treatment ...
I do not have a problem returning him home in a pine box.
You’re BAD!
And the people cheered! Talk about a win-win situation!
Bambi wants him released to a neighborhood near your kids school!!!
“a psychologically troubled man”
Well, they sort of ALL are, aren’t they? Otherwise they wouldn’t be doing the things that caused them to end up at GITMO in the first place.
hahahaha. send him to YEMEN for mental healthcare? he’d be treated alot worse there than in Gitmo.
Of course he hears voices,Counselor.They the voices of that clown Moe Hammered and hundredes of "martyrs" telling him to behead infidels.
.....and see ghosts.
Those would be his "virgins",Counselor.
Oh, hogwash. If their 'religion of peas' didn't call for them to off themselves by strapping bombs on their chests or flying planes into buildings, this might hold some water.
Sounds like some cutting edge Performance Art. Release this guy to Greenwich Village.
There’s only one virgin and she’s 72 years old! I can imagine what she looks like.
Better yet, let him go with his savior, obambi, during his continuing informercials. bambi should have him be his press sexretary.
An instruction manual for how to use that knife. Down the vein not across! Tired of these Islamic Terrorists using MSM and our government (who walk right into the trap).
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