Little Alex in Wonderland: 10,000 are detained in Iraq without evidence, but Gitmo remains the sexy topic.
10,000 people are detained in Iraq without evidence.
Sure, the sexy topic of the day are the 250 or so detainees in Guantantano (GTMO) and the argument now is that there's no place for the GTMO population. What's left out of these arguments is that over 500 people have already been released and by the ratio of those released to those who've been tried, experts estimate that around 230-240 of the current GTMO detainees are being held without enough evidence to go to face trial?
The sexy topic of torture is related to GTMO, while the bulk of the "enhanced interrogation techniques" to be investigated have occured overseas.
We all remember Abu Ghraib and were outraged by the conditions.
What about the 10,000+ currently detained in Iraq? If human rights will be protected by the incoming Obama administration, what about Mr. Obama's Zionism, establishment-cabinet, and pledged support for Israel detaining 10,000+ Palestinians?
Why are the human rights of the 250 in Cuba more worth discussing than the 20,000+ detainees in Israel and Iraq?