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Gitmo Prisoner Kills Himself

Posted May 31, 07 4:20 AM CDT in US 

(Newser) – A Saudi prisoner is dead at Guantanamo Bay in an apparent suicide. US officials are still stingy on details, offering only that "the detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell by guards." They still haven't released a name.

An Amnesty International director said she wasn't surprised by the apparent act of desperation. "I don't know how many more indications need to be there that Guantanamo is not a good idea," she said. Three so-called enemy combatants hanged themselves last year at the controversial prison camp.

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