Word: namo
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...response to the story on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of Guantánamo, our readers questioned the morality, legality and effectiveness of the highly controversial detainment camp...
...report on Guantánamo Bay prompted readers to voice their concerns about the dubious nature of prison-based intelligence and the damage the prison does to the U.S.'s image abroad The reports about the treatment of suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay are deeply disturbing [July 10]. The practice of restraining a person in a padded chair in order to force-feed him via a nasogastric tube is revolting. As a doctor, I am shocked that our government would abuse someone in such a way; as a Muslim, I am frightened that presumed religious fundamentalists have been...
...reports about the treatment of suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay are disturbing [July 10]. Restraining a person in order to force-feed him via a nasogastric tube is revolting. As a doctor, I am shocked that our government engages in this abuse; as a Muslim, I am frightened that presumed religious fundamentalists have been so psychologically and physically tortured that they have tried to kill themselves (suicide, according to Islam, sends one straight to hell); and as a U.S. citizen, I find it morally unacceptable that inhuman acts are committed in our country's name...
Among ordinary Muslims, outrage at the bloodshed in Iraq and the excesses of the Administration's campaign against al-Qaeda--in particular, reported abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay prisons--has strengthened the appeal of Islamists opposed to the West. As a result, elections are producing governments more hospitable to extremism, not less. Exhibit A was the election of Hamas, a group the U.S. and Europe classify as a terrorist organization, to run the Palestinian Authority. In response to Hamas' victory, the U.S. has led an international ban on aid to the democratically elected Palestinian government...
...Teen Detainees I am truly appalled at how the U.S.-the self-proclaimed protector of democracy and human rights-continues to violate basic human rights at Guantánamo Bay [June 5]. What acute danger did 15-year-old Omar Khadr pose that warranted his detention with adults? If there is evidence, then put him on trial; otherwise, release him! It is a scandal and just unbelievable that the detainees, who may not be terrorists, do not get a trial, have no rights and have no prospect of the situation changing. How can the world just sit there and watch...