Three foreign prisoners were found dead on Saturday after hanging themselves with clothing and bedsheets in the first deaths at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since the prison opened in January 2002, U.S. defense officials said.
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Navy Rear Adm. Harry Harris, commander of Guantanamo, told a news conference the suicides were an act of warfare.“They are smart. They are creative, they are committed. They have no regard for life, neither ours nor their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetrical warfare waged against us,” Harris said.
Far be it from me to suggest that the good admiral was speaking from the rear. How the hell are we going to fight them now and win this war? Do we have any defense against this latest nefarious tactic, when they start quietly committing suicide?
The U.S. military said the bodies were being treated “with the utmost respect.” An investigation has begun, it said.
Would that be the same utmost respect we have treated them with all along?
A White House spokesman said Bush expressed serious concern on Saturday when he was told about the three suicides.
Presumably that means that there is to be no investigation into the sucides. Because the President, of course, has a firm policy of never commenting on ongoing investigations.
Bush has said he would like to close …Guantanamo …
“We’d like it to be empty,” Bush said.
Funny how it all works out.