More than half of Gitmo detainees not accused of hostile acts

lady lib

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Sat Feb-11-06 10:33 PM
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More than half of Gitmo detainees not accused of hostile acts

Edited on Sat Feb-11-06 11:10 PM by lady lib

From TalkLeft with a hat tip to Crooks and Liars:

A new and statistical report, authored and released by Seton Hall Law Professor Mark Denbeaux and attorney Joshua Denbeaux, counsel to two of the detainees at Guantanamo, contains the first objective analysis of the background of those held at Guantanamo. The report is based entirely on data supplied by the Defense Department, and is intended to provide "a more detailed picture of who the Guantanamo detainees are, how they ended up there, and the purported bases for their enemy combatant designation."

The report, available here (pdf), finds that fewer than half of the 517 detainees whose histories were reviewed have been accused of hostile acts. These are the findings:

1. Fifty-five percent (55%) of the detainees are not determined to have committed any hostile acts against the United States or its coalition allies.
2. Only 8% of the detainees were characterized as al Qaeda fighters. Of the remaining detainees, 40% have no definitive connection with al Qaeda at all and 18% are have no definitive affiliation with either al Qaeda or the Taliban.

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It's worse than I thought. Please take a few minutes to look through these appalling statistics, then save them in your "Ammo" file.

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DemInDistress

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Sat Feb-11-06 10:42 PM
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1. it wouldn't surpise me if these detainees had 911 information

on the bush crime family..at least some of them who might have had close ties with osama.

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lady lib

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Sat Feb-11-06 10:54 PM
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3. You might be right. I hadn't thought of that angle.

I keep thinking that Cheney and Rummy are detaining and torturing these people to get something, anything from them, to justify (after the fact) some of the things that they're guilty of!

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Sat Feb-11-06 10:58 PM
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4. thanks lady lib..that fact crosses my mind daily..just what kind

of info does bush/cheney and dumsey need from them. osama has bush protection so need to know where he is is meaningless so my best guess is they know of the sept 11 attacks and are being held forever to prevent them from talking...

thanks again..

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lady lib

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Sat Feb-11-06 11:01 PM
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6. You're welcome! n/t

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Auntie Bush

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Sat Feb-11-06 10:54 PM
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2. That article makes me

want to :puke: I get so upset thinking of the pain and suffering we have foisted on all those prisoners...just to get to the few bad ones.

Those people have long memories and we and our children and grandchildren will be paying for Bush's brutality. I wonder how many freedoms they will still have trying to protect us from all those terrorists. Probably very few. I wouldn't doubt it if the internet is seriously censored.

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lady lib

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Sat Feb-11-06 11:00 PM
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5. It's heartbreaking.

That's why this information is so IMPORTANT to have on hand. The next time some RW nut tries to tell you we have to detain and torture these people (people = fellow human beings) for national security, you can shoot holes in their argument.

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lady lib

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Sat Feb-11-06 11:18 PM
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7. More:

Edited on Sat Feb-11-06 11:42 PM by lady lib

92% of the detainees were not fighters
55% committed no hostile act
only 5% of the detainees were captured by U.S. Forces
(only) 11 out of the more than 500 had met Osama bin Laden

Among the criteria used to justify enemy combatant designation are these:

Possession of rifles;
Use of a guest house;
Possession of Casio watches; and
Wearing of olive drab clothing.

It appears that the majority of those detained at Guantanamo share these traits:

1. Muslims,
2. in Afghanistan,
3. associated with unidentified individuals and/or groups,
4. possessed Kalishnikov rifles,
5. stayed in guest houses,
6. captured in Pakistan,
7. by bounty hunters.

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