Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo)is an essential base for the United States of America and should stay open for many reasons. Some people believe the base is unethical‚ not on american soil and costs to much‚ and for those reasons want it closed. I would argue because what those terrorists did was unethical and they should get a taste of what they did. Gitmo needs to stay in Cuba because I sure don’t want a terrorist escaping and knocking at my door. An article from boston.com‚ “Obama orders Guantanamo
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Mohammed Al Qahtani has not been charged of any crime‚ but is apparently being held indefinitely. That is‚ by any standard‚ an extraordinary and deplorable situation. In January 2009‚ a senior official appointed by President Bush’s Administration confirmed that charges against him were dropped because he had been tortured. Mr. al Qahtani’s lawyers have been able to review some of the tapes that show aspects of his treatment. Yet President Obama’s administration continues to resist all efforts to
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Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees speak published by Marc Falkoff‚ is a collection of poems written by the infamous prisoners of GTMO or Guantanamo Detention Centre. The very existence of Guantanamo Bay camp nullifies the purpose of democracy as most detainees are detained without any trial. This article explores the poems and the poets themselves; investigating content of the poems and role of these prisoners as poets. They might not fit in to Wordsworth’s definition of a poet. But they embody
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Anthony Ognibene Close Down Guantanamo Bay When discussing the importance of the Guantanamo Bay criminal detention facility located in Cuba‚ the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter stated that‚ “I think what ’s going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn ’t say it ’s the cause of terrorism‚ but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.” President Obama has vowed at the
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Guantanamo Bay The United States detention facility located at Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba was opened in 2002 by George W. Bush to hold enemy combatants from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are currently three sections in Guantanamo Bay: Camp Delta‚ Camp Echo‚ and Camp Iguana. Insurgents are kept at Guantanamo Bay for a variety of reasons and there are CIA interrogators at the camp to gather information. On January 22‚ 2009‚ President Obama signed an executive order closing the Guantanamo Bay detention
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Over the Detention center in Guantanamo Bay. One of the main questions that are being asked is whether or not the detention at Guantanamo bay Is unconstitutional. One other key Point that has been raised in the possible closing of Guantanamo bay is where will the detainees go if it is closed. In order to better understand the reasoning behind this detention we must look at the reason for the detention in the first place. For the detainees that are being kept on Guantanamo bay They are there do to being
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Beyond Beyond Fashion There is a trick of my writing teacher: When we finish reading an essay‚ first he asks: "What is it about?" We answer‚ then he asks:" If that’s not what the essay is about‚ then what is it about?" So we answer again‚ striving to squeeze out every drop of intelligence out of our brain cells. Repetitively‚ after we are willingly tortured by this same question for three more rounds‚ the essence of the essay shows up. This was exactly the same feeling I received from the exhibition
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Does Bubble Gum Elasticity Affect Bubble Size? John Ruan‚ Ethan Mann‚ Karina Orozco‚ Viraja Alluri‚ and Nathan Ashta Mrs. Brazel Gregory Middle School Team 8-4 PURPOSE The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the elasticity of bubble gum affects the diameter of a bubble blown with the gum. HYPOTHESIS If the elasticity of the bubble gum is higher‚ then the diameter of the bubble blown will be significantly larger because the bubble will be able to stretch farther
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1750-0206.2011.00279_1.x Healy‚ G Jackson‚ A.L. (2010). HABEAS CORPUS IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: AN AMERICAN DRAMA. Air Force Law Review‚ 65 263-288. Judicial watch obtains bush defense department documents detailing terrorist threat posed by guantanamo detainees. (2011‚ Mar 02). U.S.Newswire. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/854434733?accountid=32521x Langford‚ B Piret‚ J. M. (2008). Boumediene v. Bush and the Extraterritorial Reach of the US Constitution: A Step Towards Judicial
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There is a time before and after the events on 9/11. And that events were the reason why the Guantanamo Bay prison was established in January 2002And after the events the United States of America started the ’’War on Terror’’ by hunting down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts‚" . The goverment tried to make illegal things legal. They ignore the fact that there is a given treatment to prisoner of war. The US government tried to justify torture. Alberto R. Gonzales who was the
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