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Saudi prisoner in 'apparent suicide' at Guantanamo: military AFP
"The detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell by guards. The detainee was pronounced dead by a physician after all lifesaving measures had been exhausted," the military southern command said in a statement. It described the death as "an apparent suicide" and said an investigation was being held. The statement stressed that a cultural advisor was assisting the military to ensure ensure that the remains are handled in a culturally sensitive and religiously appropriate manner.
Last year, US officials stirred worldwide outrage by describing three suicides at Guantanamo as "an act of asymmetric warfare" and "a good PR move" on the part of terror suspects. The detention camp is located on a sprawling Navy base set in southeastern Cuba on territory the United States occupies under the terms of a 1901 treaty since rejected by communist-led Cuba. The US government established the detention camp facility in the months after the September 11, 2001 attacks to interrogate prisoners rounded up in countries such as Afghanistan as part of the US "war on terror." In all, nearly 800 prisoners have passed through the camp since it opened. About 380 inmates are still held at the camp, some for as long as five years without being charged. ---------------------------------------------------
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A Saudi prisoner was found dead at the US detention camp at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba on Wednesday after apparently committing suicide, the US military
said.
