Thursday, January 22, 2015

Peyton Place-- Guantanamo style.....

For those too young to remember Peyton Place (a TV show from the late 60's- early 70's) google it ...(and for the many of you who were not privy to US TV back in those days.... let me just tell you it was a trashy show).. and you will soon realize that it is more than appropriate to talk about Peyton Place in relation to the recent events in Gitmo....
Seems that the military commander of the "town" of Guantanamo was having an affair with a woman who worked for him...and the woman's husband turned up dead yesterday in the waters surrounding Guantanamo..... you can read more here... if you want to....

U.S. Admits that Australian Detainee Hicks is INNOCENT....

It seems that the US government has admitted that former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks is innocent and his conviction in 2007 for providing material support for terrorism is invalid. Read more about this development here .
Hicks was a prisoner at Guantanamo for more than 5 years- subjected to torture ( including, but not limited to long term solitary confinement) and then released to Australia under a gag order that prohibited him from criticizing his prime minister who happened to be the friend of gw bush at the time... and who was coincidently up for reelection. Fortunately he lost the election.... 

More later.