And when did they say they're closing Gitmo?
This man was so desperate, he used his own fingernail to try to kill himself. From the LA Times:
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA -- Despite sweeping measures to prevent suicides among the 305 prisoners here, a detainee slashed his throat with a sharpened fingernail recently and might have bled to death if guards hadn't rushed to his aid, officers disclosed here Tuesday.The apparent suicide attempt last month in a shower at maximum-security Camp 6 was one of dozens known to have occurred since prisoners were first brought to the military prison nearly six years ago.
After four suicides by hanging, three last year and one in May, bed linens are collected each morning to keep detainees from making ligatures. Anyone suspected of trying to hurt himself is outfitted in a green quilted "suicide smock" that attaches by Velcro and cannot be shredded.
What are they going to do now? Cut everyone's fingernails?
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Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes, the deputy commander in charge of the guard force, has a dismaying perception of suicide at Guantanamo. Excerpted: "Haynes said there have been up to half-dozen "self-harm incidents" in the two months he has been assigned to Guantanamo Bay. He described suicide as a "paramount tactic" used by prisoners to discredit U.S. forces. But defense lawyers and human rights groups say the suicides are a result of the prisoners' despair."
Gitmo inmate cuts throat, but survives
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Posted by: Joe | December 5, 2007 09:49 AM
Despite it's confusion regarding Iraq's weapons and Iran's "nucular" capacity Bush/Cheyney's focus on international health is genuine.
Ever since GW lacerated his left nares in an unfortunate index finger/coke snorting incident, the Bush family has been commited to digital hygeine.
Posted by: HS | December 5, 2007 10:39 AM