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- ethanator1088, on 04/15/2009, -1/+82OK now I'm gonna let you call one guy. Don't you go call Al Jazeera or nothin like that. OK. Who did you call? No seriously. Dude! I told you no Al Jazeera.
- Lavarock, on 04/15/2009, -3/+78Wow. Somebody's losing their job over that one.
- cheviot, on 04/15/2009, -25/+67Hell, we could give the detainees hugs and puppies and they'd still tell Al Jazeera they were being beaten and abused. They're the bad guys! They lie.
Not saying he is lying, mind you... but if he'd tell Al Jazeera he was lying either way then it's not news. - ganymede2010, on 04/15/2009, -10/+47Seriously, what are the chances that you would actually be killed by someone from Chad? As an American, here's who you should look out for. Your disgruntled classmate or colleague, your x lover, or that gullible person you screwed over in a business deal. Not some poor chap for chad who doesn't even own a pair a shoes.
- dinkydarko, on 04/15/2009, -9/+44he was 'captured' when he was 14.
regardless of what else is going here this is pretty sick they kept a child locked up like that. Bet you couldn't lock up an american child like that.
I mean, I feel sorry for the guy, hes spent all of his adult life in that prison camp. I doubt that will reduce his extremest views... - sodoh, on 04/15/2009, -10/+44Am I the only one who finds it curious that someone who is getting beaten is then allowed make a phone call. Not only able to ring a TV station but stay on the phone long enough to give an interview without the translator listening in realizing. Also I am not sure about Gitmo but generally if they do allow you to ring somewhere they would at least determine what the number is so that you aren't sending a coded message and I am pretty sure they would know the numbers for AJ.
He is also "cleared for release" which means he is getting out. The beating was for not leaving the cell when requested.
I call shenanigans on this. - ElRayQuieres, on 04/15/2009, -0/+30GOOG-411
- inactive, on 04/15/2009, -2/+28How did he get the number?
- inmymindzi, on 04/15/2009, -14/+39Did you read the article. He is 21 years old, and has been in prison for 7 years. He was captured and taken to Guantanamo when he was 14 years old???? Don't talk about national security, let's talk about child abuse.
- ahhell, on 04/15/2009, -10/+34But..but..they hate our freedom!!!
- directedition, on 04/15/2009, -0/+21Maybe the last time he called a relative they told him.
- Flakman, on 04/15/2009, -7/+28Sorry got to call B.S. on this one. There has never been a prison that has not monitored all prisoners phone conversations. The only exception to this rule is conversations between an attorney and client, and I dont think this applys to prisoner combatants.
The second clue is Al Jazeeras' name attached to the article.
I don't believe this one bit. - kafka47, on 04/15/2009, -5/+25He should have phoned FOX for even more spin!
- sljepi, on 04/15/2009, -10/+27The sad part in this whole story is that the previous administration imprisoned a 14 year old boy, marked him as a terrorist and imprisoned him for 7 years!
- dinkydarko, on 04/15/2009, -3/+19you're saying you can lock up and American child for 7 year without a trail?
- inactive, on 04/15/2009, -4/+20Wait...7 years and no trial?
- alpha94, on 04/15/2009, -1/+16For being in gitmo, he seems pretty informed and up to speed on current events. So in between beetings they watch a lot of TV I guess?
- Nboy514, on 04/15/2009, -4/+18@apackofmonkeys: He's referring to a lesser known article of law called the "geneva convention". It's ok if you don't know it though, it's not very relevant at the moment.
- realeiger, on 04/15/2009, -2/+15So? He was 14. That made him a child soldier. That's exactly the kind of person who, with kind treatment and proper interrogation, could easily be reformed and even brought over to your side.
Unless the guy was running Al-Quaeda at 14 it's not ok to hold someone that age for that long. - waspbr, on 04/15/2009, -6/+19just the fact that they have imprisoned a 14 yo for 7 years without a trial should be considered a crime
- nullcodes, on 04/15/2009, -0/+12Hmm, although he used up "phone a friend" .. he still has the "ask the audience" lifeline remaining, right?
- vinod1978, on 04/15/2009, -3/+15Not to mention they have been holding him since he was 14. Whether he was a "terrorist" before, it'll be safe to assume he hates America now for sure. The whole concept of GB is ridiculous. If they are indeed guilty of any act of violence put them on trial - military, civil - I don't care - but 7 years without even a trial would make anyone hate a country.
- bduddy, on 04/15/2009, -1/+11No, they expect innocence until proven guilty and a fair trial, just like the rest of us.
- inactive, on 04/15/2009, -1/+11The same mouthpieces who lied to you about Saddam's WMD & involvement in 9/11 & got you suckered into an unwinnable, intractable war killing thousands of our soldiers pointlessly are telling you these saps are terrorists, and you believe them?
They've proven the case against maybe a handful of these people.
Don't be a sucker your whole life. - BoSuu, on 04/15/2009, -2/+12Hilarious
- inajeep, on 04/15/2009, -0/+10If he was caught chucking a grenade at a soldier or hanging out with Al Queda then he deserves to be in there. however, both of us do not know what the exact facts are on his case so child abuse is just a guess on your part.
Not having a trial in that whole time is a travesty. Just so you don't think I'm for Guantanamo,. - Risingashes, on 04/15/2009, -6/+16"Bad guys."
Americans really need to stop pretending the world is an action movie. - BenTheTank, on 04/15/2009, -3/+12I hope you are joking.
Was Heinrich Himmler just "different"? - inactive, on 04/15/2009, -3/+12"He fought in tora-bora and worked for Al-queda...."
I would like to find some reason to trust this information, but the source is somewhat lacking in credibility. - ranxerox76, on 04/15/2009, -4/+13I don't think it matters where he was born. But I wouldn't lump him as some poor chap from Chad. He fought in tora-bora and worked for Al-queda....
And yeah, he's not going to kill u or your friends in america... But he could kill US troops in pakistan - akhomestead, on 04/15/2009, -5/+14So if somebody invades your country for it's resources and you fight back, your automatically the bad guy?
- Skywise, on 04/15/2009, -10/+18""This treatment started about 20 days before Obama came into power, and since then I've been subjected to it almost every day," he told Al Jazeera.
"Since Obama took charge he has not shown us that anything will change." - homer4199, on 04/15/2009, -5/+13al Jazeera.... Im sure our military knows who they are calling and what they are talking about so BS.
- inactive, on 04/15/2009, -7/+15More importantly, somebody/all of the inmates, might be getting some justice over this one.
- Ryan32, on 04/15/2009, -4/+12Holy *****, rational thinking on digg. Blasphemy!
- pintomp3, on 04/15/2009, -2/+10Or maybe just a trial.
- 1longtime, on 04/15/2009, -1/+8@Zaxcomp
Just waitasec. Some things are beyond mere differences in perspective. There ARE right and wrong actions.
What you SHOULD have been asking is: how do we KNOW they are bad men without any evidence? Can we trust a confession given through torture? Is there enough evidence to even label them "bad men?" - govsucks, on 04/15/2009, -10/+17Obama will put a stop to this or at least promise to. Right before the next election.
- realeiger, on 04/15/2009, -1/+8Yes, but, you see, most of us think that's a bad thing and that treating these children as hardened criminals after going through this doesn't help but only makes things worse. Plenty of efforts in AFrica after conflicts to rehabilitate former child soldiers have been quite successful.
A 14 should be treated as a victim in this situation. But, hey, I guess it's easier just to lock him up and pander to the most ignorant amongst us. - ZenMojo, on 04/15/2009, -0/+7Innocent until proven guilty.
But that would require a trial.
But that would require us giving them a chance to be freed due to lack of evidence.
So better to keep an innocent man in prison just in case. - suboh, on 04/15/2009, -3/+10You watch FOX NEWS too?? YEEEEE HAAWWW PARDNER!!
Dumb *****. - graemee, on 04/15/2009, -0/+6or he guessed, 1-800-al-jazeera
- waspbr, on 04/15/2009, -0/+6he probably had inside help
- ranxerox76, on 04/15/2009, -8/+14DId u read the article? He fought in Tora Bora...and worked for AL-Quedia...I don't approve of beating the guy, but if he's going to work for the 'bad' guys. Then if he's caught he deserve to go to jail
- ezzee, on 04/15/2009, -1/+7Not all detainees were combatants , and they arent classified as prisoners of war. They are considered a grey area, because their fighters hide within civilians and wear no uniform or clearly identify themselves.
Some of the people in those prisons were picked up just for being in an area that they werent supposed to be or wrong place wrong time... the things that were done in those prisons were horrid.
I think at this point releasing the people in Gitmo is pointless, they will be definitely be releasing some very pissed off people who will most likely loathe the U.S till the day they die and most likely will turn to terrorism against the US.
The WAR has been useless and stability in the middle east is further than its ever been. - waydee, on 04/15/2009, -7/+13People lie, the problem with gitmo is that there has been countless reports of mistreatment, evidence that freed detainees were bribed not to discuss conditions, treatment, torture and interrogation methods etc.
Also considering the evidence that surfaced from Abu-Ghraib I'd say the benefit of the doubt is most definitely with those imprisoned - the reputation of the US to operate such facilities as they are supposed to is pretty much ruined at this point. - vinod1978, on 04/15/2009, -0/+6Do you really think everyone at Gitmo is a terrorist? On 60 minutes the military lawyers said that if they had enough evidence to put them on military trial they would, but they don't have the necessary evidence to put them on trial. I think this is a major problem with people that believe things like you do. Just because they are in Gitmo doesn't mean they are a terrorist - they are merely a suspect. Why do you think over 140 have been released so far? If they were terrorists do you think the Bush Administration would have released them?
- BESTenemy, on 04/15/2009, -0/+5I'm going to call my friend Alan Jazeera.
- waydee, on 04/15/2009, -0/+5There was a 16 year old Canadian resident in there until quite recently if I recall correctly.
- CoD4, on 04/15/2009, -5/+10Can you torture me now?
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