[Ruprecht]

Three inmates from Guantanamo have committed suicide.
Previously there have been 40 attempted suicides.
Strange considering that Islam teaches in no uncertain terms that suicide leads to eternal damnation.
Being held indefinitely without charges laid and subjected to aggressive interrogation, if not outright torture, and all under presumed guilt without any legal recourse is obviously taking it's toll. Basic human rights abuse?
If these people weren't US hating terrorists before Guantanamo there, is a pretty good chance they will be if they are released now. So what is going to happen to them?

Originally Posted by ABC/AFP/Reuters

US confirms Guantanamo detainees committed suicideBy North America correspondent Mark Simkin, wires

Three detainees at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have committed suicide by hanging themselves with clothing and bedsheets, US Defence officials say.

It is the first time since the camp opened that inmates have committed suicide, although there have been more than 40 suicide attempts.

The dead men were from Saudi Arabia and Yemen and all three were being held in the most secure section of the camp.

Rear Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the Joint Task Force Guantanamo says the suicides were "clearly a planned event, not a spontaneous event".

"They are smart. They are creative, they are committed. They have no regard for life, either ours or their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of ... warfare waged against us," he said.

Admiral Harris said the first victim was found by an "alert" prison guard who had noticed "something out of the ordinary" in the cell.

"When it was apparent that the detainee had hung himself, the guard force and medical teams reacted quickly to attempt to save the detainee's life," he said.

He says two others were found when guards began checking other cells.

The "two detainees had also hung themselves," Admiral Harris said.

Medical teams tried to save the men but they were pronounced dead "after all life-saving measures were exhausted," he said.

The United States is detaining more than 400 people at Guantanamo Bay, including South Australian David Hicks.

The suicides are likely to intensify scrutiny and criticism of the conditions.

The White House says United States President George W Bush has expressed "serious concern" over the suicides.

Mr Bush's spokesman Tony Snow says the President was briefed about the incident by US Secretary Dr Condoleezza Rice and later had an intelligence briefing with national security adviser Stephen Hadley and White House chief of staff Josh Bolten.

"He expressed serious concern," Mr Snow said of Mr Bush's reaction.

"He also stressed that it was important to treat the bodies humanely and with cultural sensitivity."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1660237.htm

[Fist To FACE]

You are right that islam prohibits suicide and is a sin. God will always provide.

THis shows that state of unbearable torture these SUSPECTED militants must endure.

[computer fogie]

"We would like to end the Guantanamo - we'd like it to be empty," Bush said. But he added: "There are some that, if put out on the streets, would create grave harm to American citizens and other citizens of the world. And, therefore, I believe they ought to be tried in courts here in the United States." - G.W.Bush, Friday.

Since it's been 4 1/2 years, I guess he isn't in too much of a hurry to do that.

[Nietzsche13]

Mengele's laboratory

[WaveMaster]

That's good news!!!!!

[Fist To FACE]

Originally Posted by WaveMaster

That's good news!!!!!

That three people have died because they were guilty before they were proven innocent with no tiral and held in an illigal institution? Man, you are a sick bastard.

[WaveMaster]

Originally Posted by Fist To FACE

That three people have died because they were guilty before they were proven innocent with no tiral and held in an illigal institution? Man, you are a sick bastard.

Dude, they wouldn't be there, if they weren't picked up on the battlefield! I'm not anti-muslim, just anti-terror. No hard feeling man.

[butcher103]

Originally Posted by WaveMaster

Dude, they wouldn't be there, if they weren't picked up on the battlefield! I'm not anti-muslim, just anti-terror. No hard feeling man.

funny, cause some folks might consider, kidnapping and torture terrorism.

[WaveMaster]

Originally Posted by butcher103

funny, cause some folks might consider, kidnapping and torture terrorism.

Yeah, look at those ***s like Zarqawi, they loved to SNATCH PPL AND CUT THEIR HEADS OFF.

[butcher103]

Originally Posted by WaveMaster

Yeah, look at those ***s like Zarqawi, they loved to SNATCH PPL AND CUT THEIR HEADS OFF.

first of all, you use the word "***" in a demeaning way, homosexuality has nothing to do with this issue.

secondly, looks like to me, you have more in common with Zarqawi than you think...