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3 suicides prompt Guantanamo review

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Published: June 12, 2006 at 9:43 AM

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is reviewing policy on detainee supervision after three men committed suicide in their cells at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison.

U.S. Army Gen. Bantz Craddock, who oversees Guantanamo as commander of the U.S. Southern Command, told reporters on Sunday the investigation will examine if policies are adequate, and if they were followed.

The three terror suspects, ranging in age from 22 to 33, all hanged themselves Saturday morning and concealed the act behind hanging laundry, The New York Times reported.

The suicides were the first deaths at the prison since at least 759 prisoners began arriving in January 2002, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Military officials said all of the men had left notes, but the officials refused to describe the contents.

Jennifer Daskal, advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, said the suicides "are an indication of the incredible despair that the prisoners are experiencing."

Topics: Bantz Craddock, Jennifer Daskal
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