Napoleon DYNAMITE wearing a Casio wristwatch.
Wikileaks recently released more than 700 secret files on America’s Guantánamo prison, unveiling information on the camp’s prisoners and inner workings.
But beyond revealing what everyone already suspected (innocent people including children, elderly and mentally ill interrogated for years under slim pretexts), the documents also revealed a field guide used by the Joint Task Force to recognize “enemy combatants.”
According to the guide there are several “suspicious items” which when found on a brown person qualify it as a terror suspect. One of those items is an inexpensive Casio digital wristwatch, which is considered by the U.S. military to be an indicator of “al-Qaida training in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).”
In one document, titled “Matrix of Threat Indicators for Enemy Combatants” — a field guide of recognition and classification of “enemy combatants” — various items are listed to help interrogators assess a prisoner’s capabilities and intentions. With the aid of this 17-page catalog, the Joint Task Force responsible for operating the Guantanamo prison camp were expected to determine whether a suspect could be a possible terrorist threat, if he had the opportunity.
In the field guide, special attention is given to the items a suspect had in his possession at the time of his arrest. The Joint Task Force speaks of “suspicious items,” including a satellite phone, military radio/transceiver, $100 bills and the Casio F-91W watch.
According to the Guardian newspaper, more than 50 detainee reports indicate the ownership of a Casio watch, of which 32 prisoners wore the black F-91W and an additional 20 prisoners wore the silver A-159W at the time of their arrest.
My reaction:
