Re: POLICE STATE U.S.A.: CHILDREN ARE HELD IN GUANTANAMO

On 26 Nov 2003 15:26:22 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Economic
Democracy) wrote:

>Are children held at Guantanamo?
>
>Yes, four children, the youngest aged 13, are held in Camp Iguana, a
>separate youth facility. The US government considers the boys to be
>"enemy combatants".

if you pick up a gun and try to kill someone during battle, you're an
enemy combatant. 

>
>What is the legal status of the prisoners?
>
>As the US has refused to comply with international law, the men have
>been denied their legal rights under the Geneva Convention. The US has
>insisted that the men are not prisoners of war. It says that they have
>been treated humanely, in line with the Geneva Convention.

this is pure bullshit. the protocols of the geneva convention are
limited to those who SIGNED the geneva convention. it is limited to
UNIFORMED troops. it is limited to RECOGNIZED and LEGITMATE
governments

the taliban thugs were terrorists. they did not wear uniforms. they
hid among the local population. no nations on earth, except for 3,
recognized the taliban as legitimate. the UN did NOT recognize them

these murderers are NOT covered by the geneva convention.

>
>
>US officials have subjected the prisoners to interrogation, as only
>prisoners of war protected by the Geneva Convention are entitled to
>give no more information than name, rank and serial number.

again, they are NOT covered by the geneva convention.

>
>The prisoners are being held in a hastily-constructed high security
>prison called Camp Delta. The area was formerly known as Camp X-Ray,
>originally constructed to hold Haitian refugees in the 1990s.
>
>What is Camp Delta like for the prisoners?
>
>Prisoners are held in four camps, in small, mesh-sided cells, for up
>to 24 hours a day. Cellblocks are made up of 48 cells. There is little
>privacy, and lights are kept on day and night.

tough. they get better medical care than they did when they were
murderers. they get food. they are allowed to pray. the red cross has
a permanent, on scene representative who has filed NO complaints.

>
>
>The ICRC visits prisoners, and facilitates the exchange of letters
>between inmates and their families. US officials look over the
>contents of all correspondence with families, who are not allowed to
>visit.

gee, who wudda guessed. imagine...preventing terrorists from sending
messages. and even this idiot admits the ICRC is on site at the camp.

>
>Uncharacteristically, the Cuban president, Fidel Castro, has kept his
>counsel on the matter. Officially, the government has said that it
>will cooperate with the plan to hold and try suspected terrorists at
>Guantanamo Bay, and has even offered to improve sanitation and
>services there. [Gee golly whiz
>can't can't imagine why the governmetn of Cuba which
>has been subjected to every threat, embargo, and economic
>strangulation, might not dare make more than a peep against
>a violent, World's Policeman Rogue-State-USA regime in Washington -ED]

as opposed to the freedom loving regime of castro who's forced 20% of
his population to leave.

>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,6512,1012005,00.html
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>STILL FEELING LIKE THE MAINSTREAM U.S. CORPORATE MEDIA
>IS GIVING A FULL HONEST PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON?

as opposed to this bizarre delusional fairy tale?

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