I don't want to hear how these people died.
Who left Gitmo open while defense workers were put on furlough?
U.S. denies report of mass Gitmo hunger strike (click here)
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 4, 2013 19:43:57 EST
Posted : Monday Mar 4, 2013 19:43:57 EST
...The lawyers said the protest was prompted by a series of searches that began on Feb. 6 in which a number of personal items, including religious CDs, blankets and legal mail, were confiscated, and included what they felt were overly intrusive searches of their Qurans by Arabic translators that amounted to desecration.
“As their health has deteriorated, we have received reports of men coughing up blood, being hospitalized, losing consciousness, becoming weak and fatigued, and being moved to Camp V for observation,” the lawyers wrote, referring to a camp that is used in part to hold men who violate prison rules.
A prison spokesman, Navy Capt. Robert Durand, said the Department of Justice would respond to the attorney’s letter, but added that there were only about six prisoners who have missed enough meals to be classified under the military’s rules as being on hunger strike. He said that number has remained constant for about a year.
“There is not a mass hunger strike among the detainees,” Durand said. “Some detainees have attempted to coordinate a hunger strike and have refused meal deliveries. Most detainees are not participating.”
He said detainees “have chosen one routine search in early February as the rallying point for their grievances.” He also said Qurans are treated with respect.
I don't consider drone warfare or cyberwarrior a need for a medal. This is ridiculous. How does the military measure a medal for drone warfare, number of kills? That is insane. It is not a reasonable form of warfare when the majority of our soldiers put their lives on the line.
I demand the military hold public comment periods at all bases and in public requests before making a decision in 30 days. This is outrageous. I suppose we want to be able to match China's cyber invasion with impetus for decorations and pay differentials. Computer specialists have been engaged in the military for a long time. All of a sudden there has to be combat pay? They sit at home and see their families without interruption. Excuse me?
I don't consider drone warfare or cyberwarrior a need for a medal. This is ridiculous. How does the military measure a medal for drone warfare, number of kills? That is insane. It is not a reasonable form of warfare when the majority of our soldiers put their lives on the line.
I demand the military hold public comment periods at all bases and in public requests before making a decision in 30 days. This is outrageous. I suppose we want to be able to match China's cyber invasion with impetus for decorations and pay differentials. Computer specialists have been engaged in the military for a long time. All of a sudden there has to be combat pay? They sit at home and see their families without interruption. Excuse me?
Hagel orders halt to production of drone pilot, cyberwarrior medal (click here)
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...A letter from committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and James M. Inhofe (Okla.), the panel’s ranking Republican, asking for reconsideration of the warfare medal was on Hagel’s desk when he returned Monday from a trip to Afghanistan.
While they were “supportive of the new medal,” the senators wrote that they were concerned “that it is given precedence above awards earned by service members for actions on the battlefield.” Drone pilots and cyberwarriors generally operate in the United States.
Little said that Hagel has placed Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in charge of that review, to be completed within 30 days.
“The fact of the matter is that production of the medal has stopped,” Little said. “No one has been nominated for this medal. No one is in training for this medal. So we do have time to make a final decision.”
The USA needs defense cuts. I mean, hello?
The USA needs defense cuts. I mean, hello?
