Guantanamo Bay detainee suicide attempt

theage.com.au ^ | Thursday 17 July 2003, 6:05 AM | AP

[Destro]

Hicks, a Muslim who fought with the Kosovo Liberation Army, called his parents 17 days after the September 11 attacks to say he was with the Taliban, British officials said.

He also allegedly threatened to kill an American upon his arrival at Guantanamo, US officials said.

I am shocked that a member of the KLA, a Muslim group Senator Leiberman (D) equated with America's founding fathers and on whose behalf President Clinton used the full might of America's armed forces to support would say such things to a former ally!

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Guantanamo Bay suicide attempt

Perhaps GITMO is understaffed....wasn't there anyone available to help him in his endeavors?

[CFC__VRWC]

This guy really needs to try harder.

[risk]

I can find no pity.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Guantanamo Bay detainee suicide attempt

One lives in the hope that one day he'll succeed.

[Jay D. Dyson]

Nufsed.

[squidly]

What's he still doing alive, anyway? Put these guys in the chair and throw the switch already!

[Cindy]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA!" (updated)
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html

[Aaron0617]

Would President Dean free them all? Time served. Horrible thought.

[John_11_25]

I know I may receive some flak, but Freepers, these guys should get the same treatment as the US Taliban prisoner and the so called dirty bomb maker.

A Court of Law.

If they admit and are helpful, they get an easier sentence.

If evidence is provided, that is good and they are proved guilty, they should be sentenced to whatever the crime permits.

However, to keep people locked up, for a maybe, this is against everything the US and her allies stand for.

Just think what happened with this new world court for the Trial of War criminals. The US rejected it out of sight and will not sell arms to any of the countries that would send US militiary to this court.

It just give the fundamentalists and any US bashes ammunition.

If there is no evidence, then you gotta let them go. They were certainly not involved in September if they were in Afghanistan, and being in Afghanistan fighting for the Taliban was never a crime, they were a government, which had had meeting with the US government, therfore recognized as such.

After all, we hear all the time, they hate us because of our Freedom.

Now It's Time to Walk the Talk

[Destro]

my question is, why is not Bill Clinton and some other Americans right besides detainee Hicks?

[John_11_25]

why is not Bill Clinton and some other Americans right besides detainee Hicks?

Well I have no objection to that, as we have the evidence, and Hicks is a bit of a wild boy threatening to kill people, but its a characteristic of Australians from the Prisoner days of the Brits throwing out their garbage.

[Bennett46]

These filthy cockroaches are just determined to commit suicide......with or without an unwilling entourage.

Prime candidates for Millenium Darwin Awards!

[Salem]

"I can find no pity."

Indeed. They commit suicide by blowing themselves up around innocent civilians, or attempting to take on the superior fighting forces of the US military, vowing to die by their own hands or suicidal military operations, but there is now to be some sympathy offered?

???

[eleni121]

This sad excuse for a human being - David Hicks aka Muhamed whatever - another one of those deluded young men who are lost both spiritually and politically and think by joining a fanatic ideology commited to destruction they can somehow redeem themselves.

I wonder how many innocents he murdered in the Balkans? The very fact that he has tried to kill himself before demonstrates clearly his desperation and desperately wrong choices he has made.

[Destro]

Was he one of the English speakers of the KLA that had Gen. Clark's direct phone number in Brussels for the daily briefs?

[mark502inf]

the [Gitmo prisoners] should get the same treatment as the US Taliban prisoner and the so called dirty bomb maker. A Court of Law. If they admit and are helpful, they get an easier sentence. If evidence is provided, that is good and they are proved guilty, they should be sentenced to whatever the crime permits. However, to keep people locked up, for a maybe, this is against everything the US and her allies stand for....being in Afghanistan fighting for the Taliban was never a crime,

You are sadly misinformed. These people were captured pursuant to a combat operation and are being held as prisoners of war, not criminals. As members of Al Qaeda, they belong to an organization which is still conducting armed attacks against the USA. No different than any other prisoners of war, they may legitimately be held for the duration of hostilities or until the capturing power decides to release them, normally under some type of parole.

The tens of thousands of Afghans who were captured but were simple members of the Taliban Army were released after the Taliban were defeated and a new Afghan government in place. The guys in Guantanamo are Al Qaeda--big difference. Releasing them would be like releasing Nazi SS prisoners while we were still at war with Germany.

[mark502inf]

the [Gitmo prisoners] should get the same treatment as the US Taliban prisoner and the so called dirty bomb maker. A Court of Law. If they admit and are helpful, they get an easier sentence. If evidence is provided, that is good and they are proved guilty, they should be sentenced to whatever the crime permits. However, to keep people locked up, for a maybe, this is against everything the US and her allies stand for....being in Afghanistan fighting for the Taliban was never a crime,

You are sadly misinformed. These people were captured pursuant to a combat operation and are being held as prisoners of war, not criminals. As members of Al Qaeda, they belong to an organization which is still conducting armed attacks against the USA. No different than any other prisoners of war, they may legitimately be held for the duration of hostilities or until the capturing power decides to release them, normally under some type of parole.

The tens of thousands of Afghans who were captured but were simple members of the Taliban Army were released after the Taliban were defeated and a new Afghan government in place. The guys in Guantanamo are Al Qaeda--big difference. Releasing them would be like releasing Nazi SS prisoners while we were still at war with Germany.