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July 7th, 2005

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Denmark on GITMO

“The prisoners are well-treated in Guantanamo. There’s total transparency. The International Red Cross can inspect anytime, any day,” Bush said.

“These people are being treated humanely. There are very few prison systems around the world that have seen such scrutiny as this one,” he said.

The Guantanamo camp, where some detainees have been held for three years without being charged, is a sore point in US-European relations. Even the Danish government, a staunch US ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, has called on the US to try the Guantanamo prisoners or release them.

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Really? Perhaps Denmark is forgetting their very own released GITMO detainee (see here for one of my very first posts on this blog concerning the released Danish detainee).

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snow
July 7, 2005
7:49 am
When it really comes down to it, I think the only serious sore point with Gitmo is the long-term detentions without trial. IMO this is really the only area that needs to be looked at further, as there are legitimate concerns about the legalistic aspects of the detentions.

All this hype over the horrific conditions is very likely a lot of lies told by former detainess and jumped on by anti-US types. I expect that this place is probably better than many regular prisons across the West.

Again, I think the only believable beef here is with the legalities of holding the prisoners indefinitely without charge.
Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace
July 9, 2005
1:49 am
In retrospect it would probably have been much wiser to keep the prisoners in Afghanistan....... perhaps under Afghani control.... The big issue seems to be that it is the US doing it......
Anonymous Coward
July 18, 2005
10:25 pm
It's not only a 'sore point in US-European relations', but acancer mushrooming within the American people. Since the re-election they are responsible for Iraq and Gitmo as well as their government. Better close the whole facility, apologize to the international community and put the criminals among the detainees on trial.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3117