Bill Sykes' - In Retrospect
IV.
(December 2006)
Bill Sykes
looks back in retrospect at material which has been published
in previous editions of "View from America",
in an attempt to determine whether the subject matter
written then is still applicable in today’s world.
These observations have been extracted from Bill
Sykes Newsletter “View from America”.
Midsummer 2005
Edition.
Article #4F
Subject: Detention center or Gulag:
Due
to much worldwide criticism by human rights groups of
America’s handling
of prisoners taken during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the way that the
United States has handled the so-called enemy combatants in Abu Ghraib prison
in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, discussions have been
entered into within the Bush Administration as to whether the Guantanamo Bay
Camp Delta should be closed.
The President has given a somewhat wishy-washy maybe,
the Vice President a definite no, and the Secretary of
Defense a political somewhere in between answer.
If the camp was closed, the question then arises as to
how and where the United States would disperse or dispose
of the prisoners. Many of the enemy combatants have been
held as prisoners for more than three years, and as they
are not officially imprisoned upon American soil they
have no legal rights. It has been reported that in many
cases charges have not been brought against them and
that they do not have access to legal aid, which gives
an impression voiced by certain human rights groups that
the Gantanamo Bay camp is more of a Gulag than a prison
camp.
Note: To view the complete Midsummer 2005 edition of
"View from America" please click HERE.
Disclaimer
Some of the information gathered for this news letter
has been gleaned from American and International media
sources, (including the Internet), and as such is quoted
as accurately as possible. I try to obtain confirmation
on each subject from several outlets, so the text is
a mixture of composite news items and personal comments
and therefore the reader must make his/her own judgment
as to the reliability and degree of accuracy of the subjects
discussed.
We
welcome feedback about any of the contents of these articles.
Please send all correspondence to bill_sykes@huddersfield1.co.uk
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