Posted on 06/01/2008 7:24:18 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
Details of ships where detainees have been held and sites allegedly being used in countries across the world have been compiled as the debate over detention without trial intensifies on both sides of the Atlantic. The US government was yesterday urged to list the names and whereabouts of all those detained.
what exactly is the problem with prison ships? Is there something in the geneva convention involving sea-sickness?
I think prison ships are a good idea... only if anchored in shark-infested waters.
God I hope so.
The US government was yesterday urged to list the names and whereabouts of all those detained.
FOAD Euroscum.
also claims there have been more than 200 new cases of rendition since 2006
Too bad it wasn't 2000.
I agree. My only criticism is that the ships are still afloat. :)
So what? So some dirtbag terrorist are held in the brig for a few days. Big deal. This story has been floating around for years.
Amen.
I strongly oppose holding terror suspects on prison ships.
I am very disappointed that we’re not just dumping them in the middle of the ocean. I doubt the sharks would even want to eat such dirtbags.
Prison ships are legal.
First, it was prison planes.
Then, it was prison third word countries.
Now, prison vessels.
Eventually, they will find one.
Okay, here’s the deal:
They are being held on the HMS Bounty, and Captain Bligh is making them “kiss the maiden”.
God,if only it were true.......
Who?
And why should anyone care?
According to their website, Reprieve is another Soros-funded organization.
George Soros - why can't we render HIM?
These guys are conjuring up images of Andersonville or Cabanatuan, but if they are holding them on ships, I fail to see how that could be any worse than being in a prison like Gitmo.
As a prisoner, it might even be better, to feel the ship moving around in heavy seas. It would be something different. And the sounds of a ship in operation would be very different. Something to think about. Yeah. Hm. What’s the downside besides no sunshine?
Making them walk the plank, I hope...
Glad to hear it.
May just be some of those Carnival Cruise ships. Being on a ship is like being in prison with the added danger of drowning. From Churchill I think.
To please the ACLU, International Red Cross, Amnesty International, Code Pink, Physicians Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, CAIR, most Christian denominations, ANSWER, the UN, the DNC and assorted other anti-American organizations, we should just call them “gay cruises.”
Get our guys off and sink em....shame on them.
Maybe they got a hold of some old newsletter printed during the American Revolution where the British kept Americans on prison ships in New York City harbor ... in absolute filth ...
These are probably the same ships the government leased to house the New Orleans refugees who then demanded better accomodations. Good cost-saving move.
Hell get all our personel off the ships and drag them to deep water and SINKEM
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