Shameful

'Killing themselves was unnecessary. But it certainly is a good PR move'

· Bush officials' hard line provokes condemnation
· US ally admits prison is hampering war on terror

The Bush administration stared down a new wave of international condemnation of Guantánamo yesterday, dismissing the suicides by three inmates of the prison camp as a "good PR move" on their part and an "act of asymmetrical warfare".

The deaths of two Saudis and a Yemeni, who used knotted bedsheets to hang themselves in their solitary cells, brought renewed calls from European governments and human rights organisations to bring the 460 inmates to trial, or close down the camp. But Bush administration officials rejected suggestions that the three had killed themselves in despair over their indefinite confinement.

This makes me so angry, the US and British governments should be ashamed of themseleves, what despicable people we have in power at the moment, they have no conscience at all.

It is repungent the way these detainees are held in limbo, either charge them with something or let them go, it is inhumane to keep them caged like animals and refusing to tell them what they are charged with, I am sick and tired of the excuses the Bush Junta and their lackey Blair make, its an abomination.

Its no wonder much of the Muslim world has a poor view of the American and British governments, both countries should give some serious thought to what freedom, justice and democracy really mean.