Pentagon IDs ‘non-lethal’ weapon used to quell disturbance by prisoners at Guantanamo

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Pentagon IDs ‘non-lethal’ weapon used to quell disturbance by prisoners at Guantanamo
By Associated Press,
Updated: Thursday, March 7, 5:21 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The weapon used to quell a disturbance at the Guantanamo Bay prison was a modified shotgun that fires a shell packed with small rubber pellets, the Pentagon said Thursday.

A guard fired one “crowd-dispersal round,” during the Jan. 2 incident and a detainee was struck by one of the pellets or by ricochet, Army Lt. Col. Joseph Todd Breasseale said.

The Pentagon spokesman said it was an M-103 Non-Lethal Round, which contains about 18 small rubber balls, each about 1/3 of an inch in diameter, or the size of a blueberry.

“It was a minor wound. As you can imagine these come out at a fairly high velocity but it wasn’t serious enough to warrant medical care ... and when they offered it for follow-up he said he didn’t want any,” Breasseale said.


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[Canuckistanian]

1. Crowd control guinea pigs

What are they going to do, file an "excessive force" complaint?

In the meantime, the authorities will assess these weapons for use in domestic civilian disturbances.

[bobhuntsman]

2. load up. . .

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[Earth_First]

3. Here's your "non-lethal round" that offers "minor wounds"

As deployed on a human in Oakland:

[leveymg]

4. To the stupid asshole who did this, she's just another terrorist. eom.

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R

Damn

[lovuian]

6. I wonder what happens when you hit somebody in the eye

or head point blank