It seems that millions of pounds of compensation are to be paid by the British government to some of those interned in Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11762636
Irrespective of the innocence or guilt of those interned surely the payment of compensation is a near absolute admission that their internment was wrong and hands an enormous propaganda victory to those rallying support for attacks on British troops or terrorist action elsewhere.
Most disturbingly, from an earlier version of the BBC report, it seems that ‘hundreds of agents’ had been ‘working round the clock’ to prepare to fight a case against compensation being paid; presumably the Intelligence Services are so well funded that they can spare these agents from protecting the population from actual acts of terror. On the updated BBC report these ‘hundreds of agents’ have been downgraded to ‘at least 60 government lawyers and officials have been working through some of the 500,000 documents relating to the case’; presumably this sounds better but it is probably just as expensive! :rolleyes:
By: Dr Strangelove - 18th November 2010 at 17:49
No worries BeeJay 😀
By: BeeJay - 18th November 2010 at 17:21
😀 Dr Strangelove,
Perhaps I should change my user name. That’s the second time in a few years that someone has insinuated a risque connotation. One that I didn’t realise when chosen, honest, being my initials. No I’ll carry on, I know it’s innocent, to me at any rate.:o:(
By: Grey Area - 18th November 2010 at 17:12
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It’s a quote from the film ‘Dr Strangelove‘ and, no, no-one’s complained about it.
And let’s have no more speculation about the meaning of acronyms, lest I remember that this isn’t an adults-only forum.
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By: Creaking Door - 18th November 2010 at 16:54
lMO they should keep torturing any prisoners who belong to Al Qaeda/Taliban, as long as it stops another 7/7…
Presumably you would have approved of the Gestapo torturing any members of the resistance that they captured?
By: Dr Strangelove - 18th November 2010 at 16:46
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BJ? Sounds familiar…. now what was that an acronym for…..used to know….ah, think I remember, but that was before I got married.:rolleyes:
By: spitfireman - 18th November 2010 at 16:31
No, when you meet him face to face, you’ll understand:eek:
I believe its a quote from the film of the same name.
By: BeeJay - 18th November 2010 at 12:27
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By: kev35 - 18th November 2010 at 00:16
The concept of innocence until such time as guilt can be proven, has, over the years, saved far more than just a bunch of wannabee terrorists.
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kev35
By: PeeDee - 18th November 2010 at 00:10
lMO they should keep torturing any prisoners who belong to Al Qaeda/Taliban, as long as it stops another 7/7 or 911 from happening.
lf any of our British Armed Forces & civilians get captured by these terrorists, they usually get tortured & executed by beheading.
Seconded.
The other annoying thing is that some of the Gto bay captives ARE guilty but not proven so. And now they are getting OUR money.
By: Dr Strangelove - 16th November 2010 at 18:09
Torture is notoriously unreliable as Sky High points outs.
Get the bu66ers cold, hungry & very very tired, they they’ll be a tad more compliant. Maybe the odd stress position thrown in for good measure….
Might sound like a breach of so called human rights, but what’s it going to be, that, or the fingernails? 😀
By: Sky High - 16th November 2010 at 17:56
I don’t disagree, in principle, with doing what has to be done to get evidence from potential terrorists. The problem is that so far as we understand the intelligence garnered from most of these people has been of limited use. Other methods seem to be more productive. And if you have got the wrong man you torturing him will do no good because he knows nothing or he will say anything to stop the torture.
By: nitromaniac - 16th November 2010 at 17:01
lMO they should keep torturing any prisoners who belong to Al Qaeda/Taliban, as long as it stops another 7/7 or 911 from happening.
lf any of our British Armed Forces & civilians get captured by these terrorists, they usually get tortured & executed by beheading.
By: Dr Strangelove - 16th November 2010 at 13:48
Good old UK, laughing stock as usual:rolleyes:
By: MSR777 - 16th November 2010 at 11:24
As GA points out, why was this not thought out properly before hand? Another case of common sense disappearing over the horizon with its ar**e on fire.
And of course the dear old taxpayer will have to stump up! Another one for the ‘Happiness Survey’
By: Grey Area - 16th November 2010 at 11:23
Irrespective of the innocence or guilt of those interned surely the payment of compensation is a near absolute admission that their internment was wrong and hands an enormous propaganda victory to those rallying support for attacks on British troops or terrorist action elsewhere.
You’re absolutely right, and the powers that be should have thought about this before they started locking people up in there.
After all, the UK had already seen what a powerful propaganda weapon internment was for Republican extremists in Northern Ireland.
By: Sky High - 16th November 2010 at 10:54
And this from the Telegraph:
“The overall legal bills could exceed £8.5m as some of the cases have been running for at least two years. Sixty barristers were vetted and cleared to work on the papers, each of which was expected to cost around £50,000 per year.
This is in addition to the compensation for the men, at least one of whom is expected to receive more than £1 million of taxpayers’ money and all of whom were expected to get at least £200,000.
There is also the cost of the time taken to prepare for the case by staff in the Foreign Office, Home Office, MI5 and MI6.”
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