9 june 06
06.9.2006 Greetings,
(Editor's note: Three Guantanamo inmates committed suicide by hanging on Sunday, 11 June 2006. The Navel commander in charge of the prison called it "an act of war.")
In September 2001, four guys from England went to Pakistan to attend a wedding. They unfortunately became trapped in northern Afghanistan and captured by the Northern Alliance. One disappeared.
They were handed over to the Americans. Suspected of being terrorists they were flown to Guantanamo, Cuba where they were tortured, deprived of their rights under the Geneva Convention and held for two years. They were never charged and finally released. There are currently 460 foreigners held at Gitmo.
"The Road to Guantanamo," a drama-documentary film produced for British TV and scheduled for release in NY on June 23rd is their story. Chilling and all too real. We mention this and share a reading in MK eclectic podcast 23. Check it out.
Peace.
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