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Major Western allies push for closing U.S. gulag after damning UN report PAUL KORING From Saturday's Globe and Mail WASHINGTON — As most major Western allies stridently demand the closing of the U.S. Caribbean gulag at Guantanamo Bay, Canada's conspicuous silence remains a rare exception. British, French, German and Italian leaders have all pushed for Guantanamo's closing in recent weeks after a damning UN report that found it falling far short of meeting international standards of justice. Calls for shutting down Guantanamo have since echoed around the globe. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says close it. So does Louise Arbour, a...

Story Number: NNS040312-16 Release Date: 3/12/2004 12:46:00 PM By Lt. Rachelle McPherson, Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay Public Affairs GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (NNS) -- Military and civilian personnel from the Naval Hospital (NH) here were awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation during a ceremony Feb. 5. Capt. John S. Edmondson, NH commanding officer, presented the award to the staff on behalf of Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England. “For over a year, the hospital staff has worked hard to accomplish our mission,” said Edmondson. “The staff, without interrupting the routine operations of the hospital, did an outstanding job.” The Naval Hospital...

Thursday, April 4, 2002 Servicemen Furious at Coddling of Terrorists American servicemen at Guantanamo Bay are so angry about the superior treatment given to the terrorist detainees that the military is sending in shrinks to try to prevent explosions of "inexplicable rage." The al-Qaeda and Taliban fanatics at Camp X-Ray receive better treatment than the U.S. troops guarding and caring for them, despite all the whining from European and U.S. left-wingers, International Red Cross, United Nations and other blame-America-first types. In fact, the Miami Herald reported today, the Muslim detainees: "had two hot meals a day plus a cold lunch...