Cheap Watches Trouble for Gitmo Prisoners

[Eugene]

Cheap Watches Trouble for Gitmo Prisoners

By BEN FOX
The Associated Press
Thursday, March 9, 2006; 3:50 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Are they bomb timers, or just time pieces? Common Casio watches, some worth
less than $30, have become part of the often ambiguous web of evidence against detainees at Guantanamo
Bay.

The U.S. military cites the digital watches worn by prisoners when they were captured as possible
evidence of terrorist ties. Casios have been used repeatedly in bombs, after all, including one used
by the architect of the 1993 World Trade Center attack; the explosive device was set off on
a Philippine Airlines flight, killing a passenger.

Wearing a Casio is cited among the unclassified evidence against at least eight of the detainees whose
transcripts were released by the Pentagon after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by The Associated
Press.

The prisoners, who stand accused of links to al-Qaida or to the Taliban in Afghanistan, say they have
been shocked that wearing a cheap watch sold worldwide could be used against them.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030901331.html

If you wear a Casio watch, you too may be terrorist. :eyes:

[electropop]

1. Don't forget cellphones...

The insurgents in Iraq use them for IEDs.

Get rid of your cellphone or Big Brother will get you.

[Mandate My Ass]

2. Yes they are

During RNC 2000 anti-repuke activists were arrested for inciting riots. The evidence? The cops saw them talking on cell phones. The horror. :wow:

Voila! $1 million bail -- NO PROTEST FOR YOU.

[Turbineguy]

3. I wear a Timex

it was made in the Philppines.

This sounds like one of those logic questions.

"All terrorists wear Casio watches"
"Abdul wears a Casio Watch"
".......

[saigon68]

5. All Dogs are Animals

All Cats are Animals

Therefore all dogs are _______

[electropop]

6. - A witch! Burn her!

[ucmike]

7. watch wearing, cell phone talking terrorists????

[uppityperson]

4. Beware of people walking around tourist sites with maps

[electropop]

8. or cameras! Scary people with cameras!

My brother got surrounded by cops of various types once, because he took a picture of a tourist site.

[M155Y_A1CH]

16. Cameras too!

Immediately after 9/11 they arrested any Arab seeming individuals
for taking pictures of American marvels.

Are any of those still detained? I wonder.

[Benhurst]

9. And don't forget other evidence. Most "terrists" have been

shown to have worn shoes, socks, underwear, pants and shirts. Any man found with any such articles of clothing is automatically suspect.

BushAmerica: Bringing Peace and Freedom to the World at large.

[Jack Rabbit]

10. My wrist band broke

I keep it in my pocket.

[thecrow]

12. Aha! Carrying a CONCEALED timepiece!!!

Highly suspicious.
Turn yourself in NOW!

[Jack Rabbit]

13. As soon as the war criminals in the junta turn themselves in

Image from Rock City Photos

[NYC]

19. I like that picture.

It's comforting. I want to see it in live action soon.

[pinniped]

11. FN stupid.

If the alleged terra-dudes don't wear a watch these turkeys will find some other silly shit to use against them.

Hey, you have hands, they could've been used to make roadside bombs.

[warrens]

14. (quietly throws his cheap watch in the garbage, wiping for prints)nt

[Moody Bluz]

15. Oh No!

They may be on to me now! I have worn nothing but cheap Casios since I was in the Army.

[TrogL]

17. I'm wearing one right now

I'm hard on watches. I go through about one every six months. I'd rather squish a $20.00 Casio than an expensive watch.

Guess I must be a terrorist.

But you knew that.

[pinniped]

18. Sure, they would have been set free years ago if they wore one....

of these::eyes:

OMG!...doesn't President Clinton wear a Timex Ironman like this OBL dude?

OMG!...I used to have a Timex Ironman.