February 08, 2004

I had a good time at Guantanamo, says inmate

An Afghan boy whose 14-month detention by US authorities as a terrorist suspect in Cuba prompted an outcry from human rights campaigners said yesterday that he enjoyed his time in the camp.

Mohammed Ismail Agha, 15, who until last week was held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, said that he was treated very well and particularly enjoyed learning to speak English. His words will disappoint critics of the US policy of detaining "illegal combatants" in south-east Cuba indefinitely and without trial.

What's that sound I hear?
Is it the gnashing of teeth of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Vanessa Redgrave?
Why don't they quit whining about the U.S. and go bother Kim Jong-Il, Fidel Castro or some of the many other regime leaders around the world who really torture and abuse prisoners?