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Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo

If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 08:29 PM

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    Let's all go barmy!

    We'll join the Army.

    See the world we never saw.

    And if we're feeling down,

    We'll wander into town.

    And if the population,

    Should greet us with indignation.

    We'll chop 'em to bits!

    Because we like our hanburger,

    Raw!

    Bertold Brecht- Kurt Weill "The Army Song" from Threepenny Opera

    I don't know if it sounds better in the original German.

    I know things look much better now that I got some new glasses.

    —Derbig Mooser Read Derbig Mooser's other letters

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