Documents Show Gitmo Inmates Defy U.S

[gilliam]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - (AP) Military authorities have previously disclosed some incidents of guard retaliation at Guantanamo Bay, which resulted in mostly minor disciplinary proceedings. What emerges from 278 pages of documents obtained by The Associated Press is the degree of defiance by the terrorism suspects at Guantanamo.

The prisoners banged on their cells to protest the heat. They doused guards with whatever liquid was handy — from spit to urine. Sometimes they struck their jailers, one swinging a steel chair at a military police officer.

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[geezerbob]

Having worked for a couple of years at the most notorious prison in SC, my sympathy is with the soldiers. I have watched friends react the same way to the same kinds of abuses and get treated the same way - suspension without pay, then demotion.

I know that this facility is under the microscope by the Red Cross, Amnesty International, the UN, the ACLU, and others, but, realistically, how much abuse should our kids who are guarding these animals be expected to take. They react and get punished. What happens to the detainee? Does he receive any kind of punishment for his misdeeds? He certainly should, but I guess that the world would view that as cruel because the poor detainee would only be expressing his frustrations over being locked up for so long.

Since most of these guys are there for fighting against us in Afghanistan and not for chewing gum in the mosque on Friday, I think we should go ahead and try them by military tribunal, hand out harsh sentences where warranted, and lock them away in a secret location never to be heard from again. Devil’s Island comes to mind. No guards or anything. Air drop supplies periodically and let them take care of themselves.