A Pentagon review of conditions at the Guantanamo Bay military prison has concluded that the treatment of detainees meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions
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The report, which President Obama ordered, was prepared by Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, the vice chief of naval operations, and has been delivered to the White House. Obama requested the review as part of an executive order on the planned closure of the prison at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, on the southeastern tip of Cuba.
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"We do think conditions are in violation of U.S. obligations to treat prisoners humanely, and prisoners are at a physical and mental breaking point," said Pardiss Kebriaei, a staff lawyer at the center. "These are not the conclusions we had hoped for under Obama. It's very disappointing."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002191.html
As before with Iraq Obama seems to realise slowly that problems cannot be solved with "hope". And I realise that some things are only evil when George Bush does them.
Incidentally:
"Walsh also found that prisoners should be allowed more communal recreation and prayer time."
What for? I keep hearing that the terrorists are not Muslims. What do they need "prayer time" for? And why can prayer not be done in "recreation time"?
If those people were so religious, why didn't they remember that "Islam" means "peace" years ago?