And then there is this from the Department of Absurdity:
Oldest Gitmo Prisoner Released
And finally, the oldest prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been released. Haji Nasrat Khan was sent back to Afghanistan over the weekend. Khan is at least seventy-one years old. He claims he was arrested after complaining to US troops about the arrest of his son. According to his lawyer, US authorities never charged him with a crime nor even told him why he had been imprisoned. Khan had to use a walker to make his way around Guantananamo. At one military hearing, he reportedly told prosecutors: "How could I be an enemy combatant if I was not able to stand up?"
He was evidently held for 5 years--Can anyone justify this on any terms whatsoever? No doubt he was held for so long because he was one of the "worst of the worst"! There is obviously no justification on any military or any other terms. Its a humanitarian nightmare. And for all those "fiscal conservatives" who support this ignorant war on a strategy: Can anyone justify the money that the American taxpayer paid for five years of this poor man's keep????
I can't understand why he was released. He is probably still a grave threat to the secuity of the world's only remaining super power, isn't he???
Shouldn't we still be fearful of the devastation and destruction this man could still inflict; I mean he could hit someone with his walker after all.
Oldest Gitmo Prisoner Released
And finally, the oldest prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been released. Haji Nasrat Khan was sent back to Afghanistan over the weekend. Khan is at least seventy-one years old. He claims he was arrested after complaining to US troops about the arrest of his son. According to his lawyer, US authorities never charged him with a crime nor even told him why he had been imprisoned. Khan had to use a walker to make his way around Guantananamo. At one military hearing, he reportedly told prosecutors: "How could I be an enemy combatant if I was not able to stand up?"
He was evidently held for 5 years--Can anyone justify this on any terms whatsoever? No doubt he was held for so long because he was one of the "worst of the worst"! There is obviously no justification on any military or any other terms. Its a humanitarian nightmare. And for all those "fiscal conservatives" who support this ignorant war on a strategy: Can anyone justify the money that the American taxpayer paid for five years of this poor man's keep????
I can't understand why he was released. He is probably still a grave threat to the secuity of the world's only remaining super power, isn't he???
Shouldn't we still be fearful of the devastation and destruction this man could still inflict; I mean he could hit someone with his walker after all.