PROPOSED LEDE: ON THE EVE OF PRESIDENT OBAMAâS HISTORIC SPEECH AT CAIRO UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT THIS WEEK, WHICH WAS WIDELY PUBLICIZED AS AN ATTEMPT TO MEND U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE MUSLIM WORLD, A 31 YEAR OLD YEMENI PRISONER MOHAMMED SALIH, HELD AT THE GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION CAMP SINCE 2002, WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL OF APPARENT SUICIDE. MR. SALIHâS DEATH WAS THE FIFTH SUICIDE AMONG THOSE ONCE CALLED âENEMY COMBATTANTSâ AT THE FACILITY, WHICH HAS TARNISHED THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMAGE OF THE UNITED STATES AROUND THE WORLD.
THE CLOSING OF GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP, 2 WEEKS AGO, WHEN THE U.S. SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY REFUSED TO FUND THE TRANSFER OF THE REMAINING 240, NOW 239, DETAINEES TO U.S. PRISONS.
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, THREE HUNDRED ATTENDED A TOWN HALL MEETING ENTITLED âTORTURE AND THE NEED FOR JUSTICEâ AT THE ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY IN MANHATTAN. WBAI FRED NGUYEN ATTENDED THE EVENT, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY REVOLUTION BOOKS, AND HE FILED THIS REPORT:
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