Most papers carried the suicides of three of the murderers being held in Guantánamo, which was presented as a bad thing.(for the rest of Rich Galen's column click on the title above for a link.)
The New York Times version, written by James Risen and Tim Golden, had a fact I had not previously known: "There have been 41 suicide attempts by 25 detainees since the facility opened."
Three guys committing suicide on the same night is probably not a coincidence. Maybe they wanted to join Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. If so, I'm glad they got their wish.
In case - like me - you didn't grasp how dreadful this was, a guy from Amnesty International helped us understand by saying, "People [at Guantánamo] have been indefinitely detained for five years without any prospect of ever going home, or ever seeing their families, or ever being charged, or having any resolution."
Ok, hold that thought.
The AP's Lee Keath wrote a piece about a statement which was released by al-Qaida in Iraq. al-Qaida (about whose members, Amnesty International is so concerned) "vowed Sunday to carry out 'major attacks,' insisting it was still powerful after the death of leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi" and saying "it 'renews its allegiance' to Osama bin Laden."
The statement went on to say al-Qaida is preparing "major attacks that will shake the enemy like an earthquake and rattle them out of sleep."
Where are Amnesty International's crocodile tears for the thousands of absolutely innocent people who have been killed by al-Qaida around the world? What had they been charged with? What about their families? What about their prospects of "ever going home?"
Let's extend this Guantánamo suicide thing to its logical conclusion: If all al-Qaida members worldwide killed themselves on the same day in a paroxysm of martyrdom, would the world would be a better place or not?
I agree.
Monday, June 12, 2006
"Club Gitmo"
From Rich Galen and his Mullings Column:
