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To: philv who wrote (18249)	5/11/2003 9:13:42 AM
From: mcg404	Respond to of 81409

Hi Phil: <They have no rights, and could stay prisoner forever...Yes, I too believe the US has changed, has lost its idealism...> I only became aware of this aspect of the guantanemo bay situation recently: The human rights group Amnesty International urged the United States on Wednesday to immediately release or charge three youths 16 and younger who are being held in the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The military confirmed on Tuesday that the three youths are among about 660 detainees from 42 countries held at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of having links to the al-Qaida terrorist network or the ousted Afghan Taliban regime. "Amnesty International is deeply disturbed that the U.S., under the assumption that they are 'enemy combatants,' is holding children at Guantanamo Bay," William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement. "The detention of children in these circumstances is particularly repugnant and flouts basic principles for the protection of children under international law." If the U.S. military will not release the children, they should be formally charged, provided with judicial safeguards applying to youthful offenders and transferred to a juvenile detention facility, the London-based rights group said. It was not known if one of the three teens being interrogated includes Toronto-born Omar Khadr, 16, who is being held in Guantanamo after being captured by U.S. Special Forces on July 27 near Khost, where he was taking part in small arms and explosives training at an al-Qaida compound. Before being taken prisoner, the teen allegedly threw a grenade that killed a U.S. medic. Asked whether Khadr is among the youths being interrogated by the U.S. military in Cuba, Foreign Affairs spokesman Reynald Doiron said Wednesday from Ottawa that his department "would not comment on this, on whether it is taking place or not." refuseandresist.org Seems pretty far removed from the USA I grew up in. John