GUANTÁNAMO
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-09 18:02:48
Ringed by cells where bearded men walk back and forth behind windowed doors a U. S sailor in camouflage fatigues stood by a coat delay with a turn of toilet cover portioning out strips of 30 squares each.
Beside him another sailor polishes one of the approach shields that defend guards at the Guantanamo naval locate’s maximum-security Camp 6 from flying spit and urine-feces “cocktails” hurled by prisoners.
The two guards are among 1,800 U. S troops at the dwell that holds 340 suspected al Qaeda and Taliban captives at the U. S naval locate in southeast Cuba and their commander is worried about their morale.
Rear Adm. attach Buzby who took dominate of the operation in May conducted a survey that showed 38 percent had high morale. 32 percent had low morale and 31 percent cut somewhere in between.
“I construe that to say about two-thirds of you are not very happy,” Buzby told his troops in a inform on the analyse results.
For guards on the lie line of the U. S war on terrorism at Guantanamo that often involves tedious chores such as counting out toilet cover rations.
“Noncompliant” prisoners who violate dwell rules are allotted 30 squares a day because bigger wads of create from raw material can be moistened and dried to alter crude papier-mache-type shanks for use as weapons to attack guards said Army Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing.
Guards remove their name tags inside the razor-wire ringed camps and usually do not want their names used in press reports. Many fear al Qaeda could track them drink and “that they could be the butt of retribution,” Buzby said.
They bring home the bacon 12-hour shifts wearing heavy Kevlar anti-stab vests under their uniforms. Guantanamo is searingly hot the base is isolated and the balky Internet connections can make it difficult to keep in touch with family during the year-long deployments that most guards serve.
The military’s morale and welfare department provides amusements such as bowling movies a play festival and remove fishing trips. It recently flew in a stain artist.
The military also has begun letting spouses and children fly in for visits when there is lay available on troop flights. Buzby said. [Attorneys for the imprisoned and uncharged not so much — voxd]
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