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Gitmo Prisoner Kills Himself

Saudi detainee found dead in cell; fourth suicide at US prison

By Max Brallier,  Newser User

Posted May 31, 2007 4:20 AM CDT

(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.

FILE ** The sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo. Lawyers for Guantanamo detainee Jamil el-Banna claim that based on faulty evidence, he has been locked up by the United States for...
FILE ** The sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo. Lawyers for Guantanamo detainee Jamil el-Banna...   (Associated Press)
A Guantanamo detainee, complete facial identification not permitted, holds onto a fence as a U.S. military guard walks past, within the grounds of Camp 5 maximum security facility, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba in this June 26, 2006 file photo. A Saudi Arabian detainee at Guantanamo apparently...
A Guantanamo detainee, complete facial identification not permitted, holds onto a fence as a U.S. military guard walks past, within the grounds of Camp 5 maximum security facility, Guantanamo Bay U.S....   (Associated Press)
A guards sits in a tower overlooking Guantanamo detention camp, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The Guantanamo detention camps are being transformed into a more tightly controlled prison for a core group of alleged terrorists while many marginal detainees no longer seen as a...
A guards sits in a tower overlooking Guantanamo detention camp, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The Guantanamo detention camps are being transformed into a more tightly controlled...   (Associated Press)
A Guantanamo detainee in a exercise area paces and kicks a soccer ball during his allotment of time outside his cell, at Camp 5 maximum security facility, in Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday, May 15, 2007.  About 380 detainees are currently held in Guantanamo Bay, some since 2001....
A Guantanamo detainee in a exercise area paces and kicks a soccer ball during his allotment of time outside his cell, at Camp 5 maximum security facility, in Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Tuesday,...   (Associated Press)
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