U.S. Military Unveils Huge New Prison in Afghanistan

[rollingrock]

November 27, 2009 by Inter Press Service
U.S. Military Unveils Huge New Prison in Afghanistan


KABUL - The U.S. military has announced the opening of a new prison on Bagram Air Base. The prison, costing 60 million dollars, will hold up to 1,100 prisoners at any one time.

...By the end of this year about 700 prisoners from the old Bagram prison will be transferred to the new facility.



...But some legal analysts say that a foreign power building a prison on Afghan soil to hold Afghans without charge is in fact illegal. Nasrullah Stanikzai, professor of law at Kabul University, says that according to Afghan and international law, the right to hold citizens against their will belongs solely to a nation's government.

...He described the act of building such a prison on Afghan soil without being subject to Afghan laws as a revocation of Afghanistan's independence...



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[Fumesucker]

1. I think we should let Afgans build a similar prison here..

And hold Americans indefinitely without charge..

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, no es verdad?

[rollingrock]

3. abu ghraib II

its like deja vu all over again.

[dgibby]

13. Agreed.

I'd take it to the next level. I think that every country that "hosts" one of our military bases should be able to build a base here.

[Echo In Light]

2. 60 million could help sooo many here instead of punishing goat farmers there

[Christa]

4. You said it

:(

[rollingrock]

8. Remaking Afghanistan into our image

the only major reconstruction taking place in that country are prisons and military bases to house the tens of thousands of US troops about to be newly deployed over there. not unlike what we have here in the US right now, the country with the highest prison population in the world. we'll make them just like us!

[Echo In Light]

17. Horribly accurate observation

[icee2]

5. Good news. for CCA. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

6. The CIA should get plenty of quick answers if KB&R gets the

no bid contract on the kitchen, the electrical system and the shower stalls.

[rollingrock]

12. The wonders of "Dual-purpose" appliances

ahh, military technology at its finest. its amazing the things they can dream up to make use of our tax dollars, ain't it?

[Hubert Flottz]

19. The new electrified water boards by Whammodyne...

Will be in the field by Christmas I hear! "Peace On Earth" Your Ass, Pilgrim!

[Taverner]

7. Because that's just what we need over there - more prisons and more guns...

:eyes:

[StarfarerBill]

9. Goodbye, Gitmo; hello, Bagram.

Can't let those torturers, um, interrogators get out of practice.

[kenny blankenship]

10. Nation building!

It's something we do better than any other people on the planet.

[phantom power]

11. I can't wait to hear how this is going to solidify the Dem's support on the left.

What a splendid Democratic war!

:eyes:

[tekisui]

14. Ever expanding. When will it end?

[Thickasabrick]

15. Fuck this shit. There really is no difference. nt

[Solly Mack]

16. k/r

[Bluenorthwest]

18. Will the prison be named after Rick Warren?

[timtom]

22. Perhaps you should become a little more familiar

with you "nemesis."

And, which part of this interview makes you angry?

http://www.theliberaloc.com/2009/11/29/rick-warren-first-priority-get-america-back-to-work/

[Echo In Light]

20. Bumping

[cowcommander]

21. K&R