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Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Greetings Senegalgaloids!
President Great White Father visits the Dark Continent.
So far so good. He hasn't done anything to embarass us...yet. I'm sure Condi Rice is already tired of him asking her "Do you know that guy? How about that one? How about him? I thought you guys all knew each other?" Then there was this:
"One of the largest migrations of history was also one of the greatest crimes of history," Bush said. "Below the decks, the middle passage was a hot, narrow, sunless nightmare; weeks and months of confinement and abuse and confusion on a strange and lonely sea."
"The stolen sons and daughters of Africa helped to awaken the conscience of America," Bush said. "The very people traded into slavery helped to set America free. My nation's journey toward justice has not been easy and it is not over."
Meanwhile...down in Guantanamo Bay:
The conditions of the detainees' transfer to and detention in Guantanamo Bay gave cause for serious concern. During the 22-hour flights, the prisoners were handcuffed, shackled, made to wear mittens, surgical masks and ear muffs, and were effectively blindfolded by the use of taped-over ski goggles. They also had their beards and heads shaved. At first, the detainees were held in Camp X-Ray at the naval base, a temporary facility consisting of small wire-mesh cells, exposed to the elements, and lit up throughout the night by powerful arc lighting. Prisoners were made to wear shackles whenever they were taken out of their cells, and granted almost no out of cell exercise time.
A more permanent prison, Camp Delta, was constructed and began to house the detainees from April. The detainees continued to be held for up to 24 hours a day in cells smaller than those of Camp X-Ray. Some prisoners engaged in a hunger strike during the year, and there were also reports of several suicide attempts.
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