Tags: corruption | Coverups | George Bush | Guantanamo Bay | prisons | terrorists | torture | US Military

I hear the rumors that Guantanamo Bay is actually going to close. I guess when you keep getting caught in lie after lie about your detainees, it starts to look bad.

Guantanamo Bay or GITMO as it is called has recently been a sore subject for the U.S. government and rightfully so after so many allegations of torture, abuse and human rights violations.

Guantanamo Bay is a U.S. detention capt that is operated by the Joint Task force at the Guantanamo Bay Navy Base on the shore of Cuba.

The camp is broken up into section called Camp Iguana, Camp Echo, Camp Delta and the infamous Camp X-Ray which was closed. The various camps have different security levels and since early 2000 have been opening and closing depending on detainee housing needs.

Reports say that most detainees are never charged and eventually released, some after a few months, while others spend many years there. As of Summer 2008, only 20 of the 770 have been charged with crimes, one of which was Australian David Hicks.

The sticky part here is that the camp also houses "detainees" that the U.S. Government has tagged "enemy combatants" and with that title the U.S. Military believes that the detainees are not awarded any protections of the Geneva Convention. In 2006, the Supreme court made a ruling giving these detainees minimal protections... seems those protections are very minimal.

Prisoners at Guantanamo are held for years without ever being charged. They are beaten and tortured and many have been held at GITMO based on suspicion of being tied to something or even just being related to someone.

A 33 year old man, who was linked to Al Qaeda, was held for years without charges had this to say after his 12 suicide attempts failed. He wrote a 20 page account of his stay.

 hmmm.... or the difference between the political cartoon and the photo. I don't see much difference

The fictional charecter

The Real one

K, I must admit the image at the bottom has this dude in a suit and tie underneath... classy shit.