Proof that torture of detainees in Gitmo has made MORE enemies of the US

[Roland99]

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/world/17151354.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Alarmed to find that detainees are emerging from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and other U.S. detention centers more devoted than ever to radical Islam, Saudi Arabia is offering counseling, financial aid and even matchmaking to pull young militants away from terrorism.

To keep the former detainees from deep-pocketed militant recruiters, Saudi officials have treated them to perks that have included new cars, resort stays, job placement and help in finding brides. They've also exposed them to moderate clerics and reminded them of Islam's restrictive rules for waging holy war, or jihad.

Saudi officials said the goal is to stop the proliferation of radical ideology that they said is bred in prisons and on the Internet. The ideology has flourished at Guantanamo and is evident among the returning Saudi detainees - even those who were moderates before they were imprisoned, Saudi officials said.

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The program pays special attention to those released from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nearly every Saudi returning from American captivity undergoes up to 10 weeks of intense psychological tests, starting with an evaluation on the private plane that whisks him home from the American prison, Turki said.

BTW, 20% of the inmates still in Gitmo have been cleared for release but are still detained:

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Cleared_inmates_still_held_at_Guantamo_0429.html


Fuck you very much, Abu Ghraib Gonzales! (And Chertoff and Miers and Yoo and....)

[rpannier]

1. Unfortunately, the msm will report this as further evidence that scrubbie is right

That we have to fight the war on terrorism even more aggressively to keep your children safe.

[lapfog_1]

2. I've said it before...

if they weren't terrorists before Gitmo (and most were not)... they are now.

Thanks George and Alberto and the neocons!

[Roland99]

3. Even the 100% innocent 70+ year-old men that were abducted...er... detained.

[lapfog_1]

4. If *I* had been abducted and "gitmo'd" for money...

I would come out one seriously pissed off person.

[charlie]

5. Probably small potatoes

compared to the number of Iraqi families we've blown up. We'll be dealing with radicalized Iraqis for many years to come.

[Roland99]

6. Or the millions forced to flee Iraq. How many will wind up recruited by Islamist groups?