Topic: Detainee Dies at Guantánamo Prison.
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Mon 09/10/12 12:23 PM
An unidentified detainee at the American prison at Guantánamo Bay , Cuba, died over the weekend, the UnitedStates military announced on Monday. It said that guards discovered the man unconsciousin his cell on Saturday afternoon, and that efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
He was the ninth detainee known to have died while imprisoned at Guantánamo. The United States Southern Command in Miami, which oversees Guantánamo Bay, did not immediately release the name or nationality of the dead prisoner, saying it would first notify his government and his family.
“The guards immediately performed first aid and summoned medical personnel tothe scene,” the military said in a statement . “The corpsmen provided emergency medical treatment and quickly transported the detainee to Naval Hospital Guantánamo. After extensive lifesaving measures had been performed, the detainee was pronounced dead by a physician. The remains of the deceased detainee are being treated with respect for Islamic culture and traditions.”
The Naval Criminal Investigative Serviceis investigating the death, as is standardprocedure, the military statement said, and the detainee’s remains will undergo an autopsy before they are repatriated.
The military provided no immediate details about the scene of the death, including whether there were any signs that the death may have resulted from something other than natural causes. Press officials at the base and at the Southern Command did not immediately respond to a requestfor such information.
Before this weekend, eight detainees were known to have died while imprisoned at Guantánamo. Several apparently committed suicide , while others apparently died from natural causes .
The death lowers the publicly known detainee population at Guantánamo to 167.

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Mon 09/10/12 03:08 PM
Hmmm. Must have been a Bi-polar depression condition.

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Mon 09/10/12 03:16 PM
Some of these guys are obviously worse than others but the general idea is that they are too dangerous to be allowed to run free. They don't fit into our justice system and they barely fit into the military justice system.

In WWII, an out of uniform combatant was simply shot as a spy. Today, they use the disguise to blend into the population and hide.

More will die. I will not morn them. They are killers.

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Mon 09/10/12 03:59 PM
Yes, in WW2, they would have simply been shot, as they should have.

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Mon 09/10/12 09:05 PM
Obama killed him. If he would have closed gitmo like he promised and signed an executive order that he didn't follow through with the detainee might be alive today.

Ruth34611's photo
Mon 09/10/12 09:42 PM

Obama killed him. If he would have closed gitmo like he promised and signed an executive order that he didn't follow through with the detainee might be alive today.


I agree.

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Mon 09/10/12 10:00 PM

Obama killed him. If he would have closed gitmo like he promised and signed an executive order that he didn't follow through with the detainee might be alive today.


if obama kept any of his promises, we all would be better off...

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Tue 09/11/12 12:50 AM
People die daily everywhere!

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Tue 09/11/12 05:11 PM
Am I'm supposed to care?

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Tue 09/11/12 05:15 PM

An unidentified detainee at the American prison at Guantánamo Bay , Cuba, died over the weekend, the UnitedStates military announced on Monday. It said that guards discovered the man unconsciousin his cell on Saturday afternoon, and that efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
He was the ninth detainee known to have died while imprisoned at Guantánamo. The United States Southern Command in Miami, which oversees Guantánamo Bay, did not immediately release the name or nationality of the dead prisoner, saying it would first notify his government and his family.
“The guards immediately performed first aid and summoned medical personnel tothe scene,” the military said in a statement . “The corpsmen provided emergency medical treatment and quickly transported the detainee to Naval Hospital Guantánamo. After extensive lifesaving measures had been performed, the detainee was pronounced dead by a physician. The remains of the deceased detainee are being treated with respect for Islamic culture and traditions.”
The Naval Criminal Investigative Serviceis investigating the death, as is standardprocedure, the military statement said, and the detainee’s remains will undergo an autopsy before they are repatriated.
The military provided no immediate details about the scene of the death, including whether there were any signs that the death may have resulted from something other than natural causes. Press officials at the base and at the Southern Command did not immediately respond to a requestfor such information.
Before this weekend, eight detainees were known to have died while imprisoned at Guantánamo. Several apparently committed suicide , while others apparently died from natural causes .
The death lowers the publicly known detainee population at Guantánamo to 167.


Who cares, one less terrorist we have to worry about.

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Tue 09/11/12 05:16 PM

Obama killed him. If he would have closed gitmo like he promised and signed an executive order that he didn't follow through with the detainee might be alive today.


If that is the case then my respect has just gone up for Obama. He is now at a -99%. rofl