The nationalities of Guantanamo
From
UPI news comes the story of just who we have at Guantanamo and why they are there:
bq. At least 160 of the 650 detainees acknowledged by the Pentagon being held at the United States military base at Guantanamo, Cuba -- almost a quarter of the total -- are from Saudi Arabia, a special UPI survey can reveal.
bq. In UPI's groundbreaking and detailed breakdown of the nationalities of the detainees, some arrested far from the 2001 battlefield of Afghanistan, the other top nationalities being held are Yemen with 85, Pakistan with 82, Jordan and Egypt, each with 30.
These are not Afghani citizens rallying to defend their homeland, these are fanatics who came from other countries as unlawful combatants (according to the Geneva Convention) to play whack-a-mole with the Great Satan's troops. And as unlawful combatants, they are being detained and questioned by not only the use but other countries as well (Guantanamo is one of four prison camps, it just happened to catch the media's attention)
Posted by DaveH at February 5, 2004 1:18 PM