(Thinker) They're cutting military pensions and health benefits but the Pentagon found $750,000 for a new soccer field at Guantanamo for the terrorist detainees.
(Fox) At a time of record deficits, a new soccer field for detainees at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay is just getting the finishing touches -- at a cost of $750,000 to taxpayers.
The
project was the highlight of a tour Tuesday of the detention camp for
reporters at the facility covering the arraignment in a military court
of Majid Khan, a former Baltimore resident and the the only legal U.S.
resident on trial at Guantanamo.
The
project began in April 2011 and is due to finish this spring. The
detainees will now have three recreation facilities at Camp 6, which is
home to "highly compliant" detainees who live in a communal setting.
In
addition to an indoor recreation field and the existing outdoor
recreation field, the new soccer field -- selected because it is such a
popular sport with detainees -- is half the size of an American
football field.
The
new field has been specially constructed so that the detainees "have
maximum access" -- about 20 hours a day. Special passageways allow the
detainees to pass into the new recreation yard without being escorted
by the military.
On
the tour, a military police representative who asked not to be
identified by name said allowing high levels of activity outdoors
helped reduce behavioral problems at the camps, and it also limited the
amount of interaction between detainees and the guards.
...Have there ever been prisoners treated in such a grand
manner? These guys were living in hovels and mud huts before their
capture. Now they've got 3 squares and a bed, a soccer field, a big
library -- stuff they never dreamed of possessing back home. Not to
mention a government lawyer provided free of charge. Something is wrong with this picture.
sounds nice. do they offer soccer fields to Jewish terrorists?
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