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Carter: Guantanamo Terror Prison, an Embarassment for US

Washington, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Calling it an embarrassment for the United States, former president James Carter called for the Bush administration to shut down the terror prison in the Guantanamo Naval Base.

"The US continues to suffer terrible embarrassment and a blow to our reputation ... because of reports concerning abuses of prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo," Carter said Tuesday after a two-day human rights conference at his Atlanta center.

About 540 detainees are still being held at Guantanamo military compound that occupies a portion of territory in eastern Cuba in defiance to the will of the Cuban government and people.

Some have been there more than three years without being charged with a crime. Most were captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002 and were sent to Guantanamo Bay in hope of extracting useful intelligence about the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Carter urged the United States to make sure no detainees are held incommunicado and that all are told the charges against them.

 

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