US guards battle Guantanamo inmates in wild fight

Reuters by Will Dunham | May. 19, 2006 (News Report)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten Guantanamo prisoners lured U.S. guards into a cell with a staged suicide attempt, then attacked them with light fixtures, fan blades and other improvised weapons while guards fired rubber balls and used a grenade launcher to subdue them, U.S. officials said on Friday.
The officials called Thursday's clash the most intense outbreak of violence at the jail for foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, ... Full Story »

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by Mary Kirtz (Van Nortwick) - Oct. 1, 2008

The story is neutral in tone and well-sourced in terms of having specific names of U.S. personnel attached to direct quotes and mention of U.N. officials' and human rights activists' concerns. What's missing is any perspective presented from the prisoners' point of view, but that of course would be difficult to obtain, given the structure of this place. Perhaps interviewing some of the lawyers representing the prisoners involved could have provided a better "big picture."