U.S. still holds children at Guantanamo

[45th Med]

By Sue Pleming

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has held three child detainees at its military base in Guantanamo Bay for more than a year and the Pentagon says it has no plans to move or free them, despite international pressure.

A defence official said doctors estimated the boys were 13-15 years old and were deemed "enemy combatants" along with about 660 prisoners being held at the base in Cuba after the U.S. invasion in Afghanistan in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on America.

US still holding children at Gitmo

[SheilaT]

1. I'm cynical enough to think

that the plan is to hold them long enough that they won't be children any more and then simply say there are no children being held.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. What's chilling about this is

if Bush has his way, and the SCOTUS rules he has the right to name any American a 'terrorist' and lock them up wihout any legal recourse, whole families can be taken to detention camps, where there won't even be a sign on the gate saying "Arbeit Macht Frei".