Gitmo commanders accuse lawyers of smuggling underwear into prison

[siri2k]

From Citizens for Legitimate Government

Mr Stafford Smith has written back dismissing the allegations as ridiculous, saying the letter he received is the "most extraordinary" he has ever received in his career as a human rights lawyer. The case of the Guantanamo lawyer, the detainees and the illegal pairs of pants 14 Sep 2007 Commanders at the US naval base in Cuba have written to lawyers for two of the inmates accusing their clients of wearing contraband underpants and Speedo swimming trunks which they claim have been illegally smuggled into the high-security compound. In a bizarre development that would be laughable if it did not have such serious implications, the US prison's staff judge advocate has now launched an official inquiry to discover who is behind the smuggling operation. The judge has named the prisoners' lawyers as the two prime suspects... The second detainee accused of wearing the contraband underwear is a juvenile named Mohammed El Gharani, a Chad national, who was just 14 years old when he was seized by the Pakistani authorities and sold to the US military. ...He is now one of 20 juveniles Reprieve has identified as being held in Guantanamo Bay. In interviews with his lawyers he claims he has been terribly abused, including having a cigarette stubbed out on his arm by an interrogator. He states that much of the abuse stems from his vocal objection to being called a "nigger" by US military personnel.

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[Solly Mack]

1. unreal

simply unreal

[JDPriestly]

2. I don't understand this at all.

[L. Coyote]

3. It is not being done for understanding. It is done for terror, as a political tool.

And you are supposed to understand just one thing. They can do it to you too!

[JDPriestly]

4. Are these guys issued standard underwear or are they not

supposed to wear underwear? And where in the world would they get nonregulation underwear? This does not strike me as a plausible story.

[L. Coyote]

5. Really. Make something else the story, not the torture and illegal imprisonment.

Are propagandists earning $100K a year to think this stuff up? And, are We the People paying them?

[siri2k]

6. LOL! That's *all* you got from the article?!

I posted a summary, but it would behoove you to read the whole article:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2961328.ece

[JDPriestly]

10. This is just absurd.

I just cannot believe this story. I read the entire article, but it does not make sense to me.

[Lord Helmet]

7. Underwear?

Well done Capt. America. Making our prisoners live in stank underwear.
That'll fix 'em.

[MilesColtrane]

8. Damn those Fruit of the Jihad™!! n/t

[siri2k]

9. LOLOLOLOL!!!!! n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

11. OMG...that's providing aid & comfort--the free-breathing comfort of cotton--to the enemy!

Giving underwear to terrorists? (Well, accused terrorists, being held without charge or trial, but you get idea.) Can you imagine what they might DO with them? They could ... they could ... well, they might wear them UNDER something, maybe something Islamofascist!

Seriously, I have to agree with the article that this a sign of desperation, and they really are just running out of gas.

[angstlessk]

12. Link to Independent UK does not work? n/t

[siri2k]

13. It did, then didn't, then did - currently, it does not. But, the link should...

work later today.
I don't know why links to The Independent UK work on an intermittent basis, but that's often the case.