BS Suicide - an act of war?

Subject: RE: BS Suicide - an act of war?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Jun 06 - 12:13 PM

nutty, I would think that 3 years of lockup would tend to lose its "effect" as an incitement.

I hope no one takes my comments as approving of the whole mess. I don't.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS Suicide - an act of war?
From: Emma B
Date: 11 Jun 06 - 11:33 AM

- and the 3 who took their own lives had no access to a lawyer either!

Subject: RE: BS Suicide - an act of war?
From: nutty
Date: 11 Jun 06 - 11:09 AM

Wouldn't being locked up for three years, without trial , already have had that effect?

Subject: RE: BS Suicide - an act of war?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Jun 06 - 11:02 AM

If they are trying to martyr themselves in the eyes of their countrymen to incite acts of terror upon their captors and/or captors government, I suppose it could be construed as an act of war in today's post-9/11 terms.

~Susan

Subject: BS Suicide - an act of war?
From: nutty
Date: 11 Jun 06 - 10:57 AM

Three prisoners commit suicide while being held in Guantanamo Bay and the commander of that establishment calls it an Act of War.

Can anyone explain his rationale?