Guantanamo - Shut this hellhole...now that's good PR - by Suzanne Moore
On a recent holiday to Cuba I was intrigued to see that day-trips were offered to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. You can't go that near it, but you can look through a telescope to see the American flag flying. The 460 'dangerous terrorists' inside the camp, whose ages have ranged from 13 to 98, are such a threat that 9,000 American military personnel live near the base. For them there is a golf course, supermarkets, a yacht club and a cinema. And obviously a Starbucks and a McDonald's.
Three prisoners hanged themselves a few days ago. The youngest was 21, which means he must have been 17 when he was picked up and taken to Guantanamo. It is said he was a frontline Taliban fighter in charge of purchasing munitions. Unlikely at his age, but, as with most detainees, we don't know because no formal charges have ever been brought and no legal representation has been offered.
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