May 2007 Archives

For years the UK and US press has been filled with horror stories about what happens at Guantanamo Bay. By all accounts it's a "hell-hole", a "place where people go to disappear" and "unfit for human habitation". Strong words indeed.

However, the words lose a little shine when you check the transcripts of the hearing of Pakistani man Majid Khan who has variously claimed he has been tortured and that his family have been victimised by the US Government.

Khan claimed he was the victim of mental torture because:

* Forced to use unscented deodorants
* Made to play sports with a ball that didn't bounce
* Was refused the right to have a DVD player
* The people who cleaned his cell left marks on the walls

Dunno about you, but I'm not seeing a "living hell" around here anywhere...

Yesterday five people were jailed for ... ages probably ... after being found guilty of various charges related to terrorism. By all accounts these were very dangerous men who could have killed dozens, if not hundreds of people.

I also believe we can apply the words arseholes, morons and clueless pillocks to the same group. My particular "favourite" is Anthony Garcia (obviously ashamed of his real name - his parents must be so very proud) a 24-year old Algerian who, according to the BBC:

"..worked nightshifts at Tesco but spent much of his time daydreaming about becoming either a model or a jihadi fighter."

FANTASTIC!! i can just imagine it now: "Shall I wear the Gucci pants and Armani shirt or just blow up 200 people in a terror attack?" alternatively, "Dahhhling, dynamite is SO 1990's, yaah, all the trendy terrorists use C4 these days.."

Sadly for "Anthony", he's going to a place where the only thing he'll be freeing is his cellmate's todger every night around lights out.