[Dean's World] Dean: Conditions at Guantanamo Bay

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Posted by Dean:
Conditions at Guantanamo Bay
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1158353959.shtml


   The Defense Department recently released this top ten list of facts
   about the prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay:

     1. The detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility include
     bin Ladenâs bodyguards, bomb makers, terrorist trainers and
     facilitators, and other suspected terrorists.

     2. More money is spent on meals for detainees than on the U.S.
     troops stationed there. Detainees are offered up to 4,200 calories
     a day. The average weight gain per detainee is 20 pounds.

     3. The Muslim call to prayer sounds five times a day. Arrows point
     detainees toward the holy city of Mecca.

     4. Detainees receive medical, dental, psychiatric, and optometric
     care at U.S. taxpayersâ expense. In 2005, there were 35 teeth
     cleanings, 91 cavities filled, and 174 pairs of glasses issued.

     5. The International Committee of the Red Cross visits detainees at
     the facility every few months. More than 20,000 messages between
     detainees and their families have been exchanged.

     6. Recreation activities include basketball, volleyball, soccer,
     pingpong, and board games. High-top sneakers are provided.

     7. Departing detainees receive a Koran, a jean jacket, a white
     T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, high-top sneakers, a gym bag of
     toiletries, and a pillow and blanket for the flight home.

     8. Entertainment includes Arabic language TV shows, including World
     Cup soccer games. The library has 3,500 volumes available in 13
     languages â the most requested book is âHarry Potter.â

     9. Guantanamo is the most transparent detention facility in the
     history of warfare. The Joint Task Force has hosted more than 1,000
     journalists from more than 40 countries.

     10. In 2005, Amnesty International stated that âthe detention
     facility at Guantanamo Bay has become the gulag of our times.â

   Fascinating, no? Probably all filthy lies I imagine. No government
   headed up by Bush could tell the truth after all.

   This and other info is available [1]here.

   (Via [2]Instapundit.)

References

   1. http://www.defenselink.mil/home/dodupdate/
   2. http://www.instapundit.com/