www.polizero.com 20/06/06
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NEWS AMERICAS
New Guantanamo Bay prison in use
The new prison cost $37 million and was designed to restrict contact between detainees
A group of Guantanamo Bay detainees have become the first to be moved to a new maximum-security prison - a $37 million facility designed to restrict contact among the prisoners and prevent attacks on guards.
Navy commander Robert Durand said 42 detainees were taken to the new 178-cell prison in Cuba.
Durand said the new facility will allow the US naval base to close Camp 3, which was constructed in 2002 with walls of thick gauge and chain link metal.
About 430 men are currently held at Guantanamo, including 100 who have been cleared for release and are awaiting transfer to another country.
UN human rights investigators and foreign governments have called on the US government to close the entire detention centre.
FROM PINOCHET TO RUMSFELD BUSH & CHENEY TORTURE HAS BECOME AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION : CHECK OUT WEBSITE: From Third world traveler
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Friendly Dictators
(written in 1995)
Many of the world's most repressive dictators have been friends of America. Tyrants, torturers, killers, and sundry dictators and corrupt puppet-presidents have been aided, supported, and rewarded handsomely for their loyalty to US interests. Traditional dictators seize control through force, while constitutional dictators hold office through voting fraud or severely restricted elections, and are frequently puppets and apologists for the military juntas which control the ballot boxes. In any case, none have been democratically elected by the majority of their people in fair and open elections.
They are democratic America's undemocratic allies. They may rise to power through bloody ClA-backed coups and rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training or advice from the CIA and other US agencies. US military aid and weapons sales often strengthen their armies and guarantee their hold on power. Unwavering "anti-communism" and a willingness to provide unhampered access for American business interests to exploit their countries' natural resources and cheap labor are the excuses for their repression, and the primary reason the US government supports them. They may be linked internationalIy to extreme right-wing groups such as the World Anti-Communist League, and some have had strong Nazi affiliations and have offered sanctuary to WWll Nazi war criminals.
They usually grow rich, while their countries' economies deteriorate and the majority of their people live in poverty. US tax dollars and US-backed loans have made billionaires of some, while others are international drug dealers who also collect CIA paychecks. Rarely are they called to account for their crimes. And rarely still, is the US government held responsible for supporting and protecting some of the worst human rights violators in the world.
FOR EXAMPLE; FULGENCIO BATISTA ,President of Cuba
P.W. BOTHA, President of South Africa
VINICIO CEREZO, President of Guatemala ROBERTO SUAZO CORDOVA, President of Honduras; ALFREDO CRISTIANI
President of El Salvador ; FRANCOIS & JEAN CLAUDE DUVALIER ,Presidents of Haiti ; KING FAHD BIN 'ABDUL - 'AZIZ
King of Saudi Arabia ; GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO ,President of Spain ; FERDINAND MARCOS
President of the Philippines ;MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLEVI, Shah of Iran etc.
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