Riz Khan - Guantanamo: No-man's land - 16 Jun 08 - Part 1

The military tribunal system set up by the Bush administration in 2001 to prosecute "enemy combatants" was dealt another blow last week, this time from the US Supreme Court. The court ruled that detainees could bring their cases to civil courts in the US. To explore what the court's decision means to Guantanamo prisoners, and to Bush's vision of the "war on terror" in general, Riz speaks to two legal experts on Guantanamo.

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[BlackRadical001]

wtf? some1 blow up america even if it means i go down with it

[lastnymleft]

That military chick so needs to be waterboarded!

[fraud66]

Did i hear that right? They can take classes there?? LOL!!

[xusword]

She is quoting the Nazi Roberts?

Might as well just quote Hitler instead

[manwiththecalicobag]

ya fuck up bitch ,its civilian or military,

if not military , there civilian ,and no civilian over sight ,mm bad big mistake and . returning a dead body to the field that even below a jew ,no waight that right king david from the bible (if that is his name )or king heroard from jeasus (peace be upon him )day who had his wife killed and preserved in a large amphorea of honey ,then had his airs killed , harts and minds got ta love it, a

[EyesoreII]

Also detaining someone indefinitely, even if you treat them well, is not humane by any standards especially since only one prisoner has ever been convicted of anything in Guantanamo.

[EyesoreII]

I'm not sure what your argument is because you used about five negatives and in general what you're saying is extremely vague. If you agree with me then, well, good. If not then I question how torture is humane treatment, several detainees have testified that they were tortured, sexually humiliated, etc. Reporters are often not even allowed into the prison so it's questionable that several found it to be humane since they wouldn't have been let in in the first place.

[Homer177]

That's how it usually goes with apartheid states with foreign policies based around nation building and an economy that favors a military industrial complex. They create false enemies in order to keep the people silent, as well as to hide the truth. I will not vote Republican or Democrat this election as they are both in the pockets of the elite.

[Crickettedog]

@Eyesorell: Isn't it amazing how many politicians and members of the press visited Guantanamo and returned home saying that that the detainees are being treated humanely with good food, etc. How can Senators and Congressmen/women be so naive as to not know that our military won't take them to where they are being tortured, etc. in remote locations. Unbelievable.

[EyesoreII]

The situation in Guantanamo is undeniably criminal, supported only by the group of people whom the U.S. media has been able to penetrate with their hogwash about how the detainees are all "terrorists" and "monsters". The real monsters are the Bush administration.