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"Moazzam Begg, the Birmingham bookshop owner released from the camp last year, said the detention cells were too closely monitored and controlled for inmates to organise a revolt so well. Clive Stafford Smith and Brent Mickum, defence lawyers who regularly visit clients in the base, said they suspected the official accounts were 'rubbish'....
"Mr Begg, who was seized by the CIA in Pakistan in 2002, said he was sceptical that inmates would be able to avoid the round-the-clock surveillance by CCTV cameras, foot patrols and watchtowers to make and hide weapons. Medical staff were also scrupulous about ensuring detainees swallowed their medication.
"He added that electrical equipment such as fans and cameras were normally out of reach. "'It's not like a Second World War prisoner of war camp where you can dig tunnels. There's so much security, day in, day out. Everything is logged, everything is watched, everything is scheduled,' he said.
"Mr Stafford Smith and Mr Mickum, who represent detainees with close ties to the UK, said these unusually detailed and immediate accounts by the US authorities confirmed the Bush administration had begun a public relations offensive to rebuild support for the camp."
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The abomination of this prison just makes me want to scream. Reading what these prisoners did, to cry out in desperation to the world, is heartrending and searing. Can you just imagine what these people have gone through? It boggles the mind.
"Dangerous men and determined jihadists"? Who says so? Who convicted them of their "dangerousness" and their "jihad"? Where is the evidence? Why can't they be confronted with these accusations, and speak to the world in their own defense? And what the hell kind of offense is "jihad"? What does that mean?
Crap. Utter crap. These lying S.O.B.s! Bush toadies and yes-men! What a disgrace they are, to the US military and to all of us!
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