US Judge Dismisses Hearing into Guantánamo "Suicides"

Guantánamo US Naval Base

Guantánamo US Naval Base

A US federal Judge dismissed a complaint Wednesday (9/29) brought by the families of two Guantánamo prisoners that alleged that the circumstances surrounding the men's deaths had been covered up when they were declared suicides by the Pentagon in June of 2006. Read the full article at http://tiresiasspeaks.wordpress.com/us-judge-dismisses-hearing-into-guantanamo-suicides/

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