Posted on 06/11/2006 6:10:13 AM PDT by cougar_mccxxi
WASHINGTON — President Bush expressed "serious concern" Saturday over the suicides at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and directed an aggressive effort by his administration to reach out diplomatically while it investigates.
"He wants to make sure that this thing is done right from all points of view," White House press secretary Tony Snow said Saturday evening.
Bush, who is spending the weekend at Camp David, was notified at 7:45 a.m. EDT.
Snow said it was during his daily intelligence briefing just afterward when the president voiced his concern over the incident and directed that the bodies be "treated humanely and with cultural sensitivity" to show respect for Muslim traditions regarding the dead.The administration's controversial detentions at Guantanamo Bay of hundreds of men on suspicion of links to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, many of them for up to 4 1/2 years and without charge, is a point of contention between the United States and many of its allies in Europe in the Mideast.
I am "concerned" that President Bush is being too "culturally sensistive" in all the wrong ways...
Buckeye Battle Cry expresses little to no concern over suicides at Guantanamo Bay.
The only thing Bush should be concerned about is making sure these vermin are wrapped in bacon and cremated.
Shame .......BUUUWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH
I am concerned that more of them aren't following suit .......
Same. They're lucky to be at Club Gitmo.
Hate to agree with your statement and wish I could rush to the Presidents defense....sigh.
In the meantime, the prez directed that all that is medically possible is being done to make sure G.Mason is resting comfortably, and that the tropical depression, in the Gulf of Mexico, does not bother him.
Bush should just call this for what it is. These are three jihadists who just committed the political equivelent of putting on an explosive vest and setting it off.
My only concern is for the poor private who has to mop the floor under the spot where these dirtbags snuffed themselves.
Give that kid an extra day at the beach.
"They're lucky to be at Club Gitmo."
Club GTMO is an accurate description. Their treatment there is far better than anything they would get anywhere else in the world.
If I were a detainee, GTMO is where I would want to be.
That's OK, he is.
Our "cowboy" turned out to be a "rhinestone" variety?
When the most powerful nation on earth is rendered powerless through a combination of primitive savagery, name calling and manufactured "incidents", something is terribly wrong.
According to O'Reilly, the average terrorist there has gained 18 lbs. since going there. They can't be getting treated too badly. He also said that the cost of meal preparation is three times what it was for the troops there.
They're getting treated just fine.
Great point. Since that's what is considered by them as "culturally acceptable," apparently, perhaps they ought to strap vests to all of them and put them in a field for the GTMO equivalent of Monty Python's Practicing the Art of Not Being Seen.
Snow said it was during his daily intelligence briefing just afterward when the president voiced his concern over the incident and directed that the bodies be "treated humanely and with cultural sensitivity" to show respect for Muslim traditions regarding the dead.
I suppose that suicidal hanging is right in line with muslim traditions too.
I am concerned that we're not seeing enough of this cost reduction method.
Giving demonstrated primitive killers free room and board in an environment where they can't kill innocents may be a mistake, but if hand-wringing by so-called allies occupies so much of our time and diplomatic energy, that is the of our worries...
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