Murder at Guantanamo?
November 23rd, 2009
Jeffrey Kaye raises questions about the strange death last June of detainee leader Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Hanashi at Guantanamo in Murder at Guantanamo? The Strange Death of Mohammad Saleh al Hanashi.
he death was reported as an “apparent suicide,” and about four weeks later, Mike Melia at Associated Press wrote that Yemeni officials claimed Al Hanashi died of “asphyxiation.” The article vaguely notes that self-strangulation may have been the cause of death.
While self-stangulation is rare, it is possible. However, news reports point out that the prisoner was kept under 24/7 observation (possibly on video) in the Guantanamo prison psychiatric ward. Furthermore, psychiatric patients on this ward are said to be sedated. How could this “suicide” happen?
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