Camp X-ray photos
AP Photo/Shane T.McCoy, U.S. Navy | 21.01.2002 03:59
In this handout photo from the Department of Defense made available Friday Jan. 18, 2002, Taliban and al-Qaida detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary detention facility on Jan. 11, 2002. The detainees will be given a basic physical exam by a doctor, to include a chest x-ray and blood samples drawn to assess their health, the military said.
AP Photo/Shane T.McCoy, U.S. Navy
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I am not a number
21.01.2002 13:28
The Prisoner
Our elders were wise
21.01.2002 14:30
Three generations ago the principles of the Geneva
conventions for war were worked out by people who
knew a heck of a lot more about war than we do.
I trust their judgement.
They knew, for example, that the victorious side
does occasionally lose prisoners and wants them to
be properly treated by the enemy.
They also knew that eventually, some time, a war
does end and the resulting mess must be cleared up.
It's easier to clear up if you don't make so much
needless mess in the first place.
Now, the current US policy is that no one takes
an American as a PoW (see Black Hawk Down), and
that this war will never *never* end.
Neither of these are true, but that doesn't seem
to get in the way of current policy. What a sad
sad mess.
goatchurch
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hj
21.01.2002 15:07
po[
war on fascism
21.01.2002 16:03
benji
e-mail: bzeitlyn@hotmail.com
human zoo in cuba
22.01.2002 15:17
I wonder if the west would condone this type of situation if it was US or BRIT POWs being ,shackled,gagged,blindfolded,(what is it about global bullies ,need to shave POWs heads?).
WHY CUBA?....THIS SO_CALLED SOCIALIST COUNTRY,
(has anyone told fidel of this)
ukdk
Let's Not Pre-Judge
23.01.2002 05:59
A. Sanchez