Another Guantanamo Detainee Becomes Suicide Bomber
Another prisoner released from Guantanamo turns suicide bomber, and the Washington Post finds a way to blame it on the US: A ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Goes Off.
But there is also a view in some quarters of the U.S. government that cases such as Ajmi’s are the inevitable result of locking up 779 foreigners in an austere military prison, without access to courts or consular representation, and subjecting them to interrogation techniques that detainees say amount to torture. Some of them are bound to seek revenge, these officials believe. The challenge is figuring out which ones.
Although U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring some former Guantanamo detainees, the government lacks the resources to track everyone who has been through the prison. The Defense Intelligence Agency recently stated that as many as 60 other ex-inmates may have “returned to the fight,” but it has not released a list of names or specific allegations.
In Ajmi’s case, however, his behavior at Guantanamo — his refusal to obey orders, his repeated throwing of his excrement, his hostility toward his attorneys — struck his American lawyers as a sign of potential danger. But there is no indication in his court file here, which Kuwaiti legal officials deem a complete repository of the material provided by the United States, that U.S. authorities relayed any concern.
(Hat tip: Michael Yon.)