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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (87855)	3/30/2003 12:03:11 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

why hasn't Guantanamo Bay been open to the International Red Cross you might want to reconsider your understanding of the facts. icrc.org "Activities in brief: The ICRC visits more than 600 internees of 40 nationalities in Guantanamo Bay. Between them they speak 17 main languages. ICRC teams have spent about 33 weeks in total at Guantanamo Bay during the past year. The most recent visit ended on the 3 January 2003. The teams are composed of experienced delegates familiar with the detainees' home countries as well as medical specialists. They are assisted by interpreters. By early January 2003 the ICRC had facilitated the exchange of nearly 3,300 Red Cross Messages between the internees and their families including more than 1,300 messages handled during the most recent visit. The ICRC has provided a range of religious and recreational items for the internees including nearly 600 books in languages including Pashto, Russian, Chinese and Tadjik; headwear and prayer beads; and leisure materials. "

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (87855)	3/30/2003 1:26:32 AM
From: Sajjad	Respond to of 281500

It has been open and there are regular visits but ICRC is also kind of hostage to the conditions levied upon them by the Detaining authorities. They can not, as for example, publicly disclose or discuss the true conditions, if they are really bad. They have to work this out with the detaining agency privately very privately. The real controversial issue is denying POW status to a certain section of the detainees and therefore not subjecting them to the GENEVA convention provisions. Sajjad