Prisoners Attack Guards at Guantanamo

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Barbara Starr on CNN - lighting fixtures and sticks used to attack guards.

From their site

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Prisoners wielding fans, light fixtures and other improvised weapons clashed with guards trying to stop a detainee from committing suicide at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the military said Friday.

Thursday's clash happened in a medium-security section of the camp, called Gitmo for short, as guards were responding to the fourth attempted suicide of the day at the detention center on the U.S. Navy base, Cmdr. Robert Durand said.

Detainees struck guards as they entered a communal living area to stop a prisoner who was trying to hang himself, Durand said.

Earlier in the day, three detainees in another part of the prison attempted suicide by swallowing prescription medicine they had been hoarding.

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1. Oddly enough this news comes as UN tells US to shut it down!

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2. REPORTEDLY, to defend another prisoner in his sucide attempt

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3. They must be tired of Rummy's kitchen.

Too much lemon chicken, and chocolate cake will do that too you.

They're probably dying of shame, having put on all that excess weight.

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4. two types of fruit are just not enough for some people...

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5. Running a gulag in Cuba doesn't protect american citizens.

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6. From MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12870427/
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"‘Improvised weapons’ used
The attempted hanging took place in a medium-security camp where prisoners live in groups of up to 10 men in long bays lined with metal cots. When guards entered the unit, roommates “tried to prevent them from rescuing the detainee by using fans, light fixtures and other items as improvised weapons,” Durand said.

Guards halted the attempted hanging, quelled the disturbance and moved the roommates to a maximum-security area, Durand said.

The three who took overdoses were treated with activated charcoal to absorb and neutralize the medications, and two were held for observation in the camp hospital, Durand said."

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7. CNN: Suicide attempts are not rare there - 40 or so since opening

Many of them by one particular detainee.

"many of these attempts are to try to get the guards into a certain area."

Hmmm... what was that??!

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8. Not surprising for that hell hole (that assholes created)