[Newspoetry] 660 at Guantanamo Bay to be held for "duration of war on terrorism"

[Joe Futrelle]

This one pegged the appall-o-meter for me.

At 10:52 AM -0400 9/11/2003, gavroche at gavroche.org wrote:
>(from the AP):
>The United States wants to hold most of the suspected terrorists at a
>prison camp in Cuba for the duration of the war on terrorism instead of
>trying them before military tribunals, Defense Secretary Donald H.
>Rumsfeld said Wednesday.
>
>Rumsfeld said the 660 or so men held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base are
>imprisoned not as punishment but "to keep them from going back and
>fighting again and killing people." He said most would be held until the
>global war on terrorism is over - a fight that Rumsfeld has said could
>last years, if not decades.
>
>The defense secretary said he expects some suspects to be tried before
>military tribunals but prefers that most continue to be imprisoned
>indefinitely.
>
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