August 9, 2006

Detainees in Gitmo attack guards with lizard tails

Gitmo guards often attacked by detainees - Yahoo! News
The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloody lizard tail into makeshift weapons.
This is clearly meant as a suprising revalation and to indicate that the prisoners in GITMO really are bad guys. However, forget the fact that these people have been locked up for 5 years now and told by their lawers that the executive branch is refusing to give them a trial or to release them. As far as they are concerned they will never get to leave, except in a body bag. When put in that position I don't think I would be overly pacifistic. What do you gain by being a model prisoner when there is no chance at parol and either way you get to be the subject of water boarding?

Posted by pqbon at August 9, 2006 5:46 PM