Families of two Saudi detainees who committed suicide in June 2006 while being held at Guantanamo Bay have sued the Pentagon, alleging Jan. 29 that torture and brutal conditions at the offshore prison led the men to their deaths. The New-York based Center for Constitutional Rights said the parents of Yassar Talal al-Zahrani and Salah Ali Abdullah Ahmed al-Salami are seeking unspecified damages for the “illegal detention, torture, inhumane conditions, and ultimate deaths” of their sons. The final brief in the civil suit was filed Jan. 29 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. “It doesn’t really matter if this was an intentional death or an accidental death or suicide. The point is that the U.S. government bears responsibility,” said Talal al-Zahrani, father of Yassar Talal al-Zahrani and one of the plaintiffs, in a statement from the legal group.

Fine as long as the people that have been affected by the terrorist actions of the men in Gitmo including the two who committed suicide. Better idea, sice all of the 9/11 hijackers are from Saudi Arabia the families should be able to sue the country for control of their oil wells. How is that for fair?

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