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peterh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 01:09 AM
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Flurry of suicide attempts at Guantanamo
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Guantanamo%20Suicide%20Attempts

WASHINGTON -- Three months after a get-tough general took command of the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, prisoners began a flurry of suicide attempts.

Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller took over as commander at Guantanamo in November 2002 after interrogators criticized his predecessor for being too solicitous for the detainees' welfare.

Between January and March 2003, 14 prisoners at Guantanamo tried to kill themselves. That's more than 40 percent of the 34 suicide attempts by 21 inmates since the prison was opened in January 2002.

Human rights groups say the suicide attempts at Guantanamo Bay may be evidence that conditions there amounted to torture.




Hmmmm….connecting this dot to this dot to this dot…..

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kayell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 04:51 AM
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