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Is the Obama Administration Covering Up Three Murders at Guantanamo?

Willam Fisher, IPS News. January 22, 2010.

An explosive new article reveals that three Gitmo prisoners whose deaths were labeled suicides were murdered. Obama's Department of Justice has refused to investigate.

42 Arrested Protesting Obama's Broken Promise to Close Guantanamo

Witness Against TortureJanuary 21, 2010.

The protest comes on the eve of the since-voided deadline President Obama had set for closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.

New Report Probes Suspicious Guantanamo Suicides

Staff, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.

"Both the time and exact manner of the deaths remain uncertain, and the presence of rags stuffed in the detaineesâ€˜ throats is unexplained."

Latest Guantanamo Suicide Haunts Obama's Trip to the Middle East

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. June 5, 2009.

A death at Gitmo is always felt keenly in the Muslim world, creating tension for an administration that claims it is running a 'humane' facility.