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xiamiam

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21. 100 of those inmates have been cleared to leave..obama has made it impossible for them to return to

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #19)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 12:02 PM

Mar 2013

their home countries by enacting some kind of law prohibiting them from being returned to certain countries..like yemen.so, its not congress, its obama creating a catch 22 for those prisoners

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Day 50 of Gitmo strike: Red Cross on alert, attorneys fear protest turning deadly [View all] xiamiam Mar 2013 OP

Bobby Sands redux. virgogal Mar 2013 #1

This is one sick country. ReRe Mar 2013 #2

I agree. We're number one. Just dont ask at what. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #10

If I were 25 years younger I'd be looking to move out of this country. --nt CrispyQ Mar 2013 #20

Me too. n/t ReRe Mar 2013 #37

Has anyone seen this on MSM???? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #3

I have seen nothing about this. grasswire Mar 2013 #5

ive been so upset by this and angry that no one here has been commenting xiamiam Mar 2013 #22

I've seen it elsewhere. The general consensus of commenters to this TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #7

Does anyone here actually watch MSM coverage?????? tavalon Mar 2013 #8

Oh yes, they do. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #13

I haven't, but... ReRe Mar 2013 #38

We only get internet...plentiful sources, thank god dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #39

Your link is not showing. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #4

Shit, this sucks tavalon Mar 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Marblehead Mar 2013 #9

They won't LET them die. ReRe Mar 2013 #11

Will someone please remind us how the chessmaster doesn't have the power to do anything about AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #12

Gawd damn I'm so ashamed of my country! loudsue Mar 2013 #14

This is very sad LeftInTX Mar 2013 #15

K&R. nt. Mr_Jefferson_24 Mar 2013 #16

RT News link here dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #17

From the Toronto Star Solly Mack Mar 2013 #18

Wow. Another Mission Accomplished (TM). That would be the entire point of kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #33

Gitmo inmates claim being denied drinking water as White House breaks silence dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #19

100 of those inmates have been cleared to leave..obama has made it impossible for them to return to xiamiam Mar 2013 #21

Really? Do you have a link? I find it interesting that Obama wants them to languish. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #27

heard it on democracy now but i cant get it that site for some strange reason this am xiamiam Mar 2013 #31

Right now I wish there was Hell out there and EVERY SINGLE PERSON responsible for this atrocity idwiyo Mar 2013 #23

I am ashamed for my country. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #24

I too am ashamed sikofit3 Mar 2013 #36

how is this not torture? grasswire Mar 2013 #25

Well, do we let them starve themselves to death, then? At some point, you'd get TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #26

don't you think that force feeding is torture? grasswire Mar 2013 #28

No, it's not allowing them to harm themselves to the point where there's organ damage TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #29

what about withholding water? grasswire Mar 2013 #30

Well, that's what one prisoner is saying to his lawyer on the phone. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #32

You seem to be bending over backward to defend this U4ikLefty Mar 2013 #34

I'm not defending the practice of keeping Gitmo open. Not at all. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #35