We have known for some time via reports by Amnesty International and other human rights/civil liberties groups that a majority of detainees by the U.S. military on the "war on terror" are probably innocent of any terrorist ties. They simply had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and/or fell victim to the U.S. military's policy of paying bounty hunters for random bodies. Or whatever.
But that doesn't matter to King George W. These prisoners have no rights. Guilty until proven innocent, but no legal means to prove your innocence.
Sound fair to you? I hope not.
Well, now that the Pentagon has been forced to release the names and nationalities of the 558 Gitmo detainees, the stuff is hitting the fan, and countries around the globe are demanding that the U.S. government cut the nonsense and release their citizens from unjust detention.
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Will Dubya listen? Or will he just continue to give the world an arrogant smirk -- with impunity?
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