The Pentagon is pausing a plan to vaccinate detainees at Guantánamo Bay against COVID-19 after a backlash over the Defense Department’s priorities.
“No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby wrote on Twitter Saturday. “We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe.”
Forty wartime prisoners are detained at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, as well as six men who have been cleared for release by an interagency government panel.
Earlier this week The New York Times reported that the Department of Defense had decided to offer the vaccine to prisoners starting next week.
Medical workers at the U.S. naval base began vaccinating its 6,000 residents, including 1,500 troops assigned to the detention center, on Jan. 8.
The announcement that terrorism suspects could receive the vaccine as well sparked a backlash among conservatives, with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, writing, “President Biden told us he would have a plan to defeat the virus on day 1,” on Twitter. “He just never told us that it would be to give the vaccine to terrorists before most Americans.”
The detention camp was opened by then-President George W. Bush in 2002 to detain enemy combatants in the War on Terror.
The camp’s existence has drawn criticism from human rights organizations for violations of due process, as some detainees have awaited trial.
The lack of vaccinations has been an obstacle to resuming pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case, because almost everyone involved in the hearings — save the prisoners — commutes to the court from elsewhere, and vaccinating the prisoners, lawyers, judge and court staff has not been a priority.
As recently as three weeks ago, when Amnesty International released a report describing Guantánamo as the center of “ongoing and historic” human rights abuses, critics have cited a lack of adequate medical care as an ongoing problem at the site.
President Barack Obama promised to close the detention center during his 2008 campaign, but was stymied by Congressional opposition, and in 2018 then-President Donald Trump signed an executive order saying it would stay open indefinitely.
But as recently as last March, Pentagon officials said they were considering “right-sizing” the number of staff at the facility, which at the time employed 1,800 troops — 45 for each man held there — with an operating cost of $13 million per prisoner.
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When a corrupted corruptly elected President like Lad-Biden, inoculates terrorist followers of similar sounding Bin Laden before aged American civilians at risk of health, or even 1 military GI, then those running the military had better start making backup plans as to which side they will support when the planned socialist ANTIFA hate injected people who have been COVID inoculated from peaceably resolving differences, start showing up with 3-4-stars on their lapels, and start giving orders to our troops from self-appointed Capitol militarizing Commander-in-Chief Pelosi, to make America last,,,,for the first time. If you think our military has not already been infiltrated by Obama “Put other nations first” people like the FBI was, well I’ll sell you an interest in the Biden Family fortune for a dime. Say what you want about Trump who built walls on our borders to keep the foreign mind and body infected people out, he NEVER would built walls or military fences about our Capitol building to keep WE THE PEOPLE out,,,,who built those houses, not redistributed them to people,,, unable to pay the rent or keep the premises clean, let alone safe with the most powerful weapon of all,,,,,GOOD HONEST GOVERNMENT. The more corrupt the government the greater the need for fences, walls and troops, and the lessor the need for Dictator Presidents who cannot pass bill even when he controls both houses.
I still DEMAND TO KNOW, what imbecilic dolt CAME UP WITH this call, in the first place!
The Guantanamo Bay detainees should have injections of cyanide, directly into their brains. That will protect the detainee / terrorists from “covid”.
When i initially heard of this, i HEARD THEM SAY “This was to protect the inmates, AND THEIR legal council”. BUT NOTHING mentioned about protecting the HUNDREDS OF TROOPS THERE, protecting these terrorist scumbags, MANY of which, should have been Swiftly executed YEARS AGO.
The Pentagon’s plan to administer COVID-19 vaccine to the extremely dangerous Islamic terrorists currently being held in Guantanamo Bay is just another example of our leftist leaders’ willingness to give special treatment to Muslims, even those Muslims who present a clear and present danger to our nation. In addition to the ideological disease of socialism, the Democrat party has become infected with a willingness to tolerate anti-American, Islamic beliefs that allow it to defend congressional members who are openly anti-Semitic and support the anti-Israel BDS movement. Under the rule of a pro-Islamist Biden administration, we can expect a drastic increase in the immigration of poorly vetted and possibly radicalized Muslims. As a result, America will be facing an increased threat of attacks by radicalized Muslims as long as the Democrats remain in power.
Muslims and Illegal invaders, BEFORE AMERICANS.. That right there, tells you all you need to know.
Democrats moronic ideology goes right along with their agenda of killing babies and babying killers. Quite apparent they do not possess the intelligence nor do they have the ability to persuade real America that their decisions are logical, practical, moral or even arguable.
Guantanamo Bay detainees, do you know that Chinese Virus vaccine is made with PIGS blood?
A few weeks back, when one of my gaming sites, was discussing religious exemptions for the vaccine, someone pointed out “Doesn’t islam disallow vaccines, cause many get made from Pigs DNA etc”..
Apparently SOME AREAS of islam, DO still ban you getting vaccines cause of that. BUT THERE ARE many that don’t.