Comments on: Torture And Futility: Is This The End Of The Military Commissions At Guantánamo?

By: Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo And Bagram On Antiwar Radio « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:54:54 +0000

[...] in the fatally flawed Military Commission “terror trials” (which I wrote about here and here), the few dozen people in Guantánamo regarded as having any genuine connection to terrorism, and [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:35:47 +0000

Hello Wanacare, and thanks for the message and supportive words. I was particularly impressed by your recognition of how the laws developed over hundreds of years — and enshrined in America’s very founding — are designed to keep at bay a dog-eat-dog world of violence of revenge.

By: WanaCare

WanaCare — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:23:18 +0000

My mind is full to the brim. I am so grateful as I read about Fouad al-Rabiah and Judge Kollar-Kotelly. I’m thankful for upright judges and that Mr. Fouad al-Rabiah can finally go home. I would like to say to him, “I’m sorry.” I’ve come to believe that perhaps all of the prisoners and the war is a distraction and has nothing to do with 9-11 or Bin Laden. Many of the families of the 9-11 victims think there is something wrong with the fact that there were photographs of Bin Laden & 19 others involved in the 9-11 event after only 3 days, even though there had been no clue before the day that such a thing could happen.
I think this terrible torture and war is a distraction and lie to take the focus off of the government officials who were involved. Probably the victims’ families from the movie 9-11 Blueprint for Truth Believe this too.
Torture is a behavior that reflects animals that are not aware of the special species they are included in, which is called humans. Humans change from being cannibals and barbaric by following rules for higher-level socialized living.
My husband asked me what I would do if someone did something horrible to my children. I said of course I would want to do terrible things to the person, but I am glad that there are laws to take care of what to do, so that we are not all living violent lives.
Many parents or families have had their children or another loved one tortured or killed, (every person in the Guantanamo prison & US prisons are part of a family) there should be arrests and trials for these supposed interrogators. I know people say they are at the bottom, but they have had families and lived under societal laws and know better. These interrogators should also want those who should have been leading the way to be prosecuted too.
Thank you so much Andy Worthington for your great care and work.

By: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:07:43 +0000

[...] into making false confessions, and then being required to repeat them. Ahmed al-Darbi, a Saudi put forward for a trial by Military Commission, made similar claims in a statement posted here, and, as I mentioned above, it is also clear that [...]

By: A Truly Shocking Guantánamo Story: Judge Confirms That An Innocent Man Was Tortured To Make False Confessions by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:04:41 +0000