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| Thread ID: 83200 | 2007-09-23 06:11:00 | Guantanamo Bay Question | radium (8645) | PC World Chat |
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| 594146 | 2007-09-23 06:11:00 | I'm asking a question on behalf of a mate, So I thought fellow Press F1ers might know the answer. Her Question is this. What are the people who are sent to Guantanamo Bay referred to as? She can't remember. I tried Wiki, but didn't come up with anything. Thanks Guys |
radium (8645) | ||
| 594147 | 2007-09-23 06:19:00 | Update She just told me that they were evicted from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and sent to the States because Fidel Castro didn't want them there. Two words to describe it.... |
radium (8645) | ||
| 594148 | 2007-09-23 06:25:00 | Well political detainees or terrorism suspects or terrorist detainees, POW's. There are many different terms because Guantanamo Bay comes under the purview of different jurisdictions such as the US military, US Civil/Criminal Law and International Law such as the Geneva Convention and the Red Cross mandates as well. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 594149 | 2007-09-23 06:48:00 | I had suggested those. | radium (8645) | ||
| 594150 | 2007-09-23 07:08:00 | en.wikipedia.org enemy combatants (8) The term 'enemy combatant' has historically referred to all of the citizens of a state with which the Nation is at war, and who are members of the armed force of that enemy state. Enemy combatants in the present conflict, however, come from many nations, wear no uniforms, and use unconventional weapons. Enemy combatants in the war on terrorism are not defined by simple, readily apparent criteria, such as citizenship or military uniform. And the power to name a citizen as an 'enemy combatant' is therefore extraordinarily broad. (Emphasis added) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 594151 | 2007-09-23 08:17:00 | Update She just told me that they were evicted from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and sent to the States because Fidel Castro didn't want them there. Two words to describe it.... Eh!!!!!! Where did she get that info. from? Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 594152 | 2007-09-23 09:20:00 | That sounds like two different groups of people to me. Your first post suggests the current political detainees that are held there by Bush's government in contravention of international law. If there is an expression to refer to them other than political detainee or enemy combatant or whatever, I don't know what it is. However, your second post is in conflict with your first, and seems to refer to a second group. They can't be both sent to (and detained in) Guantanamo Bay where they are under USA jurisdiction, and also be evicted from Guantanamo Bay and be sent to the States because Castro didn't want them there. The first group are still there as far as I know; they have not been evicted and sent to the States. The group referred to in your second post may be the political refugees that fled Cuba following the revolution (probably because they were fascists, or at least opposed to the revolution). There is a considerable settlement of these "refugees" in Miami, I believe, where they are still a force that wants Castro overthrown. Which group is your mate referring to? |
John H (8) | ||
| 594153 | 2007-09-23 09:26:00 | I told her "enemy combatants" She said that wasn't it. Really She has lost me a bit. Maybe shes referring to the second group. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 594154 | 2007-09-23 09:41:00 | Cubano Americano? Marielitos? | John H (8) | ||
| 594155 | 2007-09-23 09:54:00 | ...Guantanamo Bay where they are under USA jurisdiction... I thought that the Bush administration's argument was that Guantanamo Bay is outside of US jurisdiction (and that the US courts therefore cannot hear matters arising from the detainments)? |
Deane F (8204) | ||
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