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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Smoot Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 5:21 PM To: RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] FPM: What I saw at Gitmo [non-Bama] Just guessing, but probably because of freaks like you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 2:57 PM Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] FPM: What I saw at Gitmo [non-Bama] > Why you hate America? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Laborde > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 2:31 PM > To: RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > Subject: [RollTideFan] FPM: What I saw at Gitmo [non-Bama] > > > Awesome article! > > > >>> http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=18572 >>> >>> >>> What I Saw at Gitmo >>> By Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu >>> FrontPageMagazine.com | June 27, 2005 >>> >>> Last week, I was privileged to be part of a Department of Defense >>> trip to the Joint Task Force - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I got to see >>> the operations of this "controversial" facility up-close - >>> something particularly important after Sen. Richard Durbin's >>> comparison of its guard to Nazi stormtroopers and calls of >>> leftists to shut the center down. Our group went to GITMO to >>> check out tales that the military was being too tough on these >>> terrorist detainees. We left convinced that America is being >>> extraordinarily lenient - far too lenient. >>> >>> After speaking with soldiers, sailors, and civilians who >>> collectively staff Gitmo, I left convinced that abuse definitely >>> exists at the detention facilities, and it typically fails to >>> receive the press attention it deserves: it's the relentless, >>> merciless attacks on American servicemen and women by these >>> terrorist thugs. Many of the orange jumpsuit-clad detainees fight >>> their captors at every opportunity, openly bragging of their >>> desire to kill Americans. One has promised that, if released, he >>> would find MPs in their homes through the internet, break into >>> their houses at night, and "cut the throats of them and their >>> families like sheep." Others claim authority and vindication to >>> kill women, children, and other innocents who oppose their >>> jihadist mission authorized by the Koran (the same one that hangs >>> in every cell from a specially-designed holder intended to >>> protect it from a touching the cell floor - all provided at U.S. >>> taxpayer expense). One detainee was heard to tell another: "One >>> day I will enjoy sucking American blood, although their blood is >>> bitter, undrinkable...." These recalcitrant detainees are known >>> euphemistically as being "non-compliant." They attack guards >>> whenever the soldiers enter their cells, trying to reach up under >>> protective facemasks to gouge eyes and tear mouths. They make >>> weapons and try to stab the guards or grab and break limbs as the >>> guards pass them food. >>> >>> >>> We dined with the soldiers, toured several of the individual >>> holding camps, observed interrogations, and inspected cells. We >>> were impressed by the universally high quality of the cadre and >>> the facilities. While it may not be exactly "Club GITMO," as Rush >>> Limbaugh uses to tweak the hard-Left critics who haven't a clue >>> about reality here, GITMO is a far cry from the harshness >>> experienced even by maximum security prisoners in the U.S. >>> >>> >>> Meals for detainees are ample: we lunched on what several thought >>> was an accumulated single day's ration for detainees. "No," the >>> contract food service manager said with a laugh, "what you're >>> looking at there is today's lunch. A single meal. They get three >>> a day like that." The vegetables, pita bread, and other well- >>> prepared food filled two of the large Styrofoam take-home >>> containers we see in restaurants. Several prisoners have special >>> meal orders like "no tomatoes" or "no peanut products" depending >>> on taste or allergies. "One prisoner," General Hood said, "throws >>> back his food tray if it contains things he has specifically said >>> he doesn't want." How is he punished for this outrageous >>> behavior? His tray is numbered, the food he requested is put on >>> it, and the corrected "order" is delivered to his cell. >>> >>> >>> The detainees are similarly catered to medically. Almost every >>> one arrived at GITMO with some sort of battlefield trauma. After >>> all, the majority were captured in combat. Today they are >>> healthy, immunized, and well cared for. At a visit to the modern >>> hospital facility - dedicated solely to the detainees and >>> comparable to a well-equipped and staffed small-town hospital >>> with operating, dental, routine facilities - the doctor in charge >>> confirmed that the caloric count for the detainees was so high >>> that while "most detainees arrived undernourished," medics now >>> watch for issues stemming from high cholesterol and being >>> overweight. Each of approximately 520 terrorists currently held >>> in confinement averages about four medical visits monthly, >>> something one would expect from only a dedicated American >>> hypochondriac. Welcome to the rigors of detention under American >>> supervision. >>> >>> >>> Of the estimated 70,000 battlefield captures that were made in >>> Afghanistan, only a tiny percentage, something on the order of >>> 800-plus, were eventually evacuated to GITMO. These were the >>> worst of the worst. More than 200 have been released back to >>> their home country - if the U.S. is assured that the detainees >>> would not be tortured by local authorities upon return. These men >>> were freed because they were deemed by ongoing official military >>> review processes to no longer pose a threat, or to possess no >>> useful intelligence. And this process has proven too generous at >>> times: more than 10 released GITMO detainees have been killed or >>> recaptured fighting Americans or have been identified as resuming >>> terrorist activities. Still, the process is up and running for >>> review of cases, and if a Washington DC circuit court approves a >>> government appeal, the system for military tribunals will get >>> started. All mechanisms are in place and ready to go as soon as >>> DoD gets a green light. >>> >>> >>> There is a good reason these unlawful combatants are being >>> confined. They are evil and dangerous individuals. Yet these >>> thugs are treated with an amazing degree of compassion: They are >>> given ice cream treats and recreational time. They live in clean >>> facilities, and receive a full Muslim religious package of Koran, >>> prayer rug, beads, and prayer oils. An arrow in every cell points >>> to Mecca. The call to prayer is played five times daily. They are >>> not abused, hanged, tortured, beheaded, raped, mutilated, or in >>> any way treated the way that they once treated their own captives >>> - or now treat their guards. >>> >>> >>> Some questioned whether it were wise to give these radical >>> Islamic fundamentalists the religious supplies that ended up >>> landing them in Gitmo in the first place. "Giving them the Koran >>> is simply something that we think we ought to do as a humane >>> gesture," said second-in-command Brigadier General Gong. "We're >>> Americans. That's how we operate." >>> >>> >>> When we challenged military authorities about the seemingly plush >>> environs these would-be murderers receive, the commanding >>> officers stated this was the most productive course. JTF-GITMO >>> commanding officer Brigadier General Jay Hood radiated confidence >>> and determination when fielding challenges from our group about >>> his overly lenient treatment. "It works," he says simply. "We do >>> not allow torture or mistreatment, period." How to they guarantee >>> this? By rigorous, on-going training and constant oversight up >>> and down the supervisory chain. As proof that "establishing >>> rapport" with the detainees is far more effective than coercive >>> techniques, General Hood refers skeptics to the massive amount of >>> usable intelligence information JTF-GITMO continues to produce >>> even three years into the program. >>> >>> >>> You are right to worry about inhumane treatment taking place at >>> GITMO. But your concern should be for the dedicated, well- >>> trained, highly professional American men and women who are >>> subjected to a daily barrage of feces, urine, semen, and spit >>> hurled at them along with vile invective as they implement a >>> humane, enlightened system of confinement on men who want nothing >>> more than to kill Americans. These quiet professional Americans, >>> who live under the motto "Honor Bound for Defense of Freedom," >>> deserve our utmost respect and concern. Shame on anyone who >>> slanders or disrespects them for short-term and short-sighted >>> political advantage. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > RTF mailing list > [email protected] > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > > > _______________________________________________ > RTF mailing list > [email protected] > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list [email protected] http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list [email protected] http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
