America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men

America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men

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GARDEZ, Afghanistan — The militants crept up behind Mohammed Akhtiar as he squatted at the spigot to wash his hands before evening prayers at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

They shouted "Allahu Akbar" — God is great — as one of them hefted a metal mop squeezer into the air, slammed it into Akhtiar's head and sent thick streams of blood running down his face.

Akhtiar was among the more than 770 terrorism suspects imprisoned at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They are the men the Bush administration described as "the worst of the worst."

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[edit on 16/6/2008 by Mirthful Me]

This is why these men need due process under the law.

Of course there are terrorists among them but not all are and this has been known for several years now and yet they are still imprisioned.

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