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    child soldiers say child soldiers need to learn that what they did was wrong and by sending them to tough camps like Guantanamo Bay, they will have time to understand their mistakes. However, keeping these children in an as equal harsh environment will only trigger there actions to go and further violate laws. Like said previously, Omar Khadr, a child soldier now living in Guantanamo Bay, went on to murder U.S Army Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer. Despite that fact that others believe there are many

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    Kelly Paul ENG 316 19 April 2016 Guantanamo Diary as Slave Narrative Mohamedou Ould Slahi, sometimes spelled Salahi, has been held at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002. Despite the fact that he has never been charged with any crime, the United States has kept him detained here for more than thirteen years. Slahi began writing Guantanamo Diary in 2005. The manuscript, which consisted of 466 handwritten pages, remained classified for six years. When the work was finally declassified

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    “Is Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects Justified?” It is against human rights to detain and place possible terror suspects in detention centers without a trail. In America, everyone has a right to a fair trial even if a suspect could potentially pose a threat to our country. It is in violation to the Fifth Amendment and the essence of American due process and the rule of law. It is also going against what our Founding Fathers originally acclaimed our rights were. I find it unethical and is

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    policy abandons these fundamental facts. Since “Operation Enduring Freedom” began in 2001, prisoners of war have been detained at a military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hundreds of the prisoners, called “enemy combatants”, have been held without charges being present or a reasonable timetable for trial. At the time of introduction to the Guantanamo Bay Camp, prisoners are not presented with any potentially committed crimes and have been held years without being able to speak to a lawyer or family

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    In January 11, 2002, Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) was opened as a prison camp at the Naval Military Base in Cuba to detain terrorist suspects during the Bush Administration. Since President Obama took office in 2008, continued operations of the prison camp has been largely debated between both the Obama Administration and Congress (“Barrack”). Currently, there are 91 remaining detainees housed at Gitmo. President Obama, in his 2016 State of the Union address, stated that he will continue to work towards

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    Located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Guantanamo prison is a United States military prison established in January 2002. The prison’s uses include, but are not limited to: the holding of extremely dangerous individuals, interrogation of the detainees and prosecution for their crimes. In the article “Guantanamo Prison Is Wasteful and Un-American. Shut It Down,” published in The Washington Post on January 15, 2015, noted Democrat who represents California’s 14th District in the House, Jackie Speier,

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    United States aggression against Islam: As noted above, the main goal of al Qaeda propaganda is to convince the Muslim world (ummah) that the West is waging a war on (or conducting a “crusade” against) Islam. All of the detainees at Guantanamo are Muslim, many were jailed without any involvement with al Qaeda, the Taliban, or militant behavior at all, (Fox News) and some abused. (Center for Constitutional Rights) These facts, manipulated correctly and placed into a certain context, could be used

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    document in the media about unethical, questionable, and even illegal behaviors in important matters. For instance on December 2007, Wikileaks posted the U.S army manual for soldiers and how they deal with prisoners at the camps. That camp being camp Guantanamo Bay. This leak stirred the people of the United States up and brought up many questions. It'll be up to you, the readers to decide if they are doing something beneficial or something wrong and unneeded. In this time of our generation privacy is

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    Many people come to America to live their dream. Some people were privileged to be born and raised in their American dream, but others were not so lucky. They were not born here and they didn’t get the opportunities that Americans were born with. Some people had to fight to get here and fight to get what they wanted. Although, America has not always been nice to them. We claim that coming to America is the best thing that can happen to someone, but when they get here there isn’t much “traditionalists”

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    Suspension of Habeas Corpus: Historical Background The government has often engaged in the suspension of habeas corpus in times of wars and insurrections. This practice is by no means new, and goes back as far as the Civil War. An analysis of this practice shows that it is, at best, a short term measure. In the recent past, the US Supreme Court took up this topic in the context of the war on terrorism, and their findings-and the analysis that support those findings-reinforces this position. Habeas

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