Prisoners Attacking Guards At Guantanamo Bay

Posted on May 19, 2006

Prisoners wielding improvised weapons clashed with guards trying to stop a detainee from committing suicide at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the military said Friday.

The fight occurred Thursday in a medium-security section of the camp as guards were responding to the fourth attempted suicide that day at the detention center on the U.S. Navy base, said Cmdr. Robert Durand.

Detainees used fans, light fixtures and other improvised weapons to attack the guards as they entered a communal living area to stop a prisoner who was trying to hang himself, Durand said.

Earlier in the day, three detainees in another part of the prison attempted suicide by swallowing prescription medicine they had been hoarding.

The detainees who took part in the clash with guards were moved to higher-security sections.

Those who attempted suicide received medical treatment, the military said. Their names were not released.

The incidents occurred on the same day the military transferred 15 Saudi detainees to their country, leaving about 460 detainees at Guantanamo.

I’m wondering if the ACLU will try to claim that the Guards violated these prisoner’s “right to die.” After all, they did so when Guards prevented the detainees from starving themselves to death in hunger strikes.

The Political Pitbull has video.
Michelle Malkin is on the story too.
Hot Air as well.

Meanwhile, it looks like the ACLU have convinced the U.N. into thinking we should shut it down. Bryan Preston has more on this.