Thousands of persons claiming to be terrorists or somehow connected to international terror networks, are approaching US servicemen and women abroad, and allowing themselves to be arrested as enemy combatants.
“Many of these new potential terrorists represent a much broader range of profiles than what we have seen in the past. Because we can’t be sure, we have to detain them all until an assessment of their status can be made.”
Once in custody, some of these ‘combatants’ have gone out of their way to be difficult, ensuring that they can continue to be detained by the US military, often resisting any efforts to be transferred to civilian facilities in their host countries.
“It’s gotten to the point where regular citizens wearing camoflage are showing up at our door with people who will not leave them alone until they “arrest them” and take them to Guantanamo. In some cases it is the only English they know.”
When asked why he got himself arrested, one man had this to say.
“Why live here when I can receive three nutritious meals a day, clean clothes, and a warm bed in a clean pest free room, safe from the chaos and uncertainty of my current life? The US government provides me with exercise equipment, access to reading material, Television, hot showers, I can even pursue my education for free, all while I wait months, perhaps years for my “fair” trial,” said Fredrick “Mohammad” Mc Guire, of Manchester, England.
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