'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'

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There is a motel in Guantanamo Bay which bears the sign, 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'.

'Freedom is a relative term. Iguanas [of which there are surprisingly many on Guantanamo Bay] are free enough on both sides of the island [of Cuba, the US controlled area and the larger communist state] and if a soldier accidentally runs one over, its a $10, 000 fine, since the US environmental laws apply in Guantanamo.

Meanwhile, several hundred prisoners are more than five years into captivity.

If a jailer feels the need to hit one of them, it's called 'mild non injurious contact', and there are no consequences. For these prisoners its a law free zone.

In 2004 we [the lawyers representing some of the prisoners] argued inn the [US] Supreme Court that it would be a huge step to mankind if they gave our clients the same rights as the animals on the base.

'Equal rights with Iguanas!' became our clarion call."

(Source: 'Bad Men: Guantanamo Bay and the Secret Prisons' by Clive Stafford Smith, P4, 2007)