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dlish · 04-01-2009, 06:57 PM

Gitmo is fun???

Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza had a special tour to gitmo to boost the morale of the troops, and it was a loooottt of fun?

initially i thought this was a joke, or about her holidaying around guantanamo bay, but no, she visited the prisons in person and came back with rave reviews about the place.

the funniest quote was Mendoza saying that she didnt want to leave. why dont you swap tags with one of the Uighers in there if you loved it so much darling?

yes the lovely ladies of the miss universe contest are great to look at,but should we be mulling them? im over all the dumb quotes already..and this article has a few on its own.

thoughts?

Quote:

Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza says Guantanamo Bay is fun | Weird True Freaky | News.com.au

Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza says Guantanamo Bay is fun

A "RELAXING, calm, beautiful place" may not be everyone's description of Guantanamo Bay, where the United States holds about 240 prisoners in a detention centre that has drawn condemnation from around the world.

But this was the opinion of reigning Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, who visited the US naval facility in eastern Cuba this month on a trip organised by the United Service Organisations (USO) which supports US troops.

The Guantanamo Bay base, whose presence Cuba's Government has contested as illegal for years, is used by US authorities as a prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects. Critics have condemned it as a symbol of abuses in Washington's war on terrorism launched after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Caracas-born Dayana Mendoza, 22, who visited the facility with Miss USA Crystle Stewart, 27, enthused about her Guantanamo trip as an "incredible experience" in a blog entry posted on the Miss Universe website dated March 27, 2009.

"It was a loooot of fun!," Ms Mendoza wrote, describing how she and Ms Stewart met US military personnel and took rides around the camp, which is encircled by a barbed-wire fenced, minefields and watchtowers.

She said they also visited a bar on the base and the "unbelievable" beach there.

"We visited the Detainees camps and we saw the jails, where they shower, how the(y) recreate themselves with movies, classes of art, books. It was very interesting," she wrote.

"I didn't want to leave, it was such a relaxing place, so calm and beautiful," she added.

Former detainees and human rights groups have alleged the use of torture, including "waterboarding" (simulated drowning) and other physical abuses, at the Guantanamo prison.

The Miss Universe Organisation pulled her blog posting and replaced it with a statement saying Ms Mendoza and Ms Stewart's trip to Guantanamo was part of a longstanding relationship with the USO and its entertainment program "which boosts the morale of US troops."

"Dayana Mendoza's comments on her blog were in reference to the hospitality she received while meeting the members of the US military and their families who are stationed in Guantanamo," Miss Universe Organisation President Paula M. Shugart said.

"We will continue to show our appreciation and express our gratitude to the military personnel who serve our nation," Ms Shugart said.

Recounting her "memorable" trip, Ms Mendoza, who was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam, said: "We also met the Military dogs, and they did a very nice demonstration of their skills. All the guys from the Army were amazing with us."

Torture investigation

Britain announced last week it would investigate whether members of its secret services were complicit in the torture of a British resident released from Guantanamo Bay last month.

Spanish prosecutors may decide this week whether to start an investigation of six former officials from George W. Bush's administration in connection with the torture of Guantanamo detainees.

In one of his first acts in office, US President Barack Obama set a one-year deadline for shutting the prison.

The Pentagon said last month it had received renewed reports of prisoner abuse during a recent review of conditions at Guantanamo, but had concluded that all prisoners were being kept in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.