GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, June 6 (UPI) -- Two U.S. Army guards have told of being attacked by a terror suspect at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Speaking with the Washington Times on the condition of anonymity, the soldiers said the attack came last month after they discovered a jagged rectangular piece of metal hidden in a cell while its occupant was taking a shower.
The soldiers said a five-man team of guards began to move him to another cell, when the inmate managed to get his hand under one guard's plexiglass face mask and began digging for his eyeball. The inmate was subdued and there were no major injuries.
Senior officials at the prison described the incident as an example of "the other side of the story" about Guantanamo, which has come under criticism by human rights groups for alleged prisoner abuse.
"It's an extreme slap in the face to me frankly that the American public is being led to believe that we're abusing, or mistreating detainees," said Col. Michael Bumgarner, the senior officer at the prison, which holds 585 enemy combatants on suspicion of working for the Taliban and al-Qaida.
