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Four Kuwaiti Prisoners Continue to Be Held without Charge at Guantanamo Bay
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(TEBO OPEN):
JANUARY 11TH MARKED THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE U-S
DETENTION CAMP IN GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA--WHERE FOUR KUWAITI PRISONERS
CONTINUE TO BE HELD, WITHOUT CHARGE. THE KUWAITIS HAVE BEEN
DETAINED IN ISOLATION, WITHOUT VISITS FROM FRIENDS OR FAMILY, SINCE THEY
WERE TAKEN PRISONER IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND FLOWN AT VARIOUS TIMES TO
GUANTANAMO IN EARLY 2002. TO DATE, NONE OF THE IMPRISONED KUWAITIS
HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT HIS CASE BEFORE AN IMPARTIAL
JUDGE. DAVID CYNAMON [LIKE "CINNAMON"]--A LAWYER
REPRESENTING THE KUWAITI PRISONERS--EXPLAINS...
(CYNAMON):
"THEY'VE BEEN IN GUANTANAMO FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. THEY
HAVE NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY WAR CRIME, OR OTHER CRIME. THE
UNITED STATES CLAIMS THAT THEY--AND ALL THE OTHERS AT GUANTANAMO--ARE
SO-CALLED 'ENEMY COMBATANTS'--THAT IS, THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY
FIGHTING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ALLIED FORCES, IN
AFGHANISTAN. BUT, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A FAIR HEARING, IN FRONT OF
A COURT, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S TRUE--WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE
KUWAITIS, OR ANY OF THE OTHERS AT GUANTANAMO."
(TEBO CLOSE):
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"KUWAITI-FREEDOM"-DOT-ORG.
I'M BOB TEBO.
