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One of the big news stories over the weekend was the suicide of three prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. They hung themselves using bedsheets and clothing. [Read story.]Navy Rear Adm. Harry Harris reportedly described the suicides as an "act of asymetric warfare".
Excuse me?
They killed themselves. They did not kill anyone else in the act. How is that an act of war?
If they had set off a suicide bomb in a crowded part of the prison, that could be considered an act of war. But that isn't what happened. They didn't take any unwitting participants with them.
They have been held at Gitmo for years without charge and without legal recourse. I don't know if they are guilty or innocent of terrorist ties, but international law dictates that they are entitled to their day in court so we can all find out.
But Bush doesn't care.
These detainees are presumed guilty and subjected to unimaginably harsh treatment.
It's no wonder that some of them kill themselves to escape this living hell.
Theirs was clearly an act of desperation.
They're not the ones committing the acts of war.
