…are the infidel-hating detainees, not our military personnel. So says an Army nurse interviewed at length by Patterico. He’s got a fascinating series on his talks with the nurse, “Stashiu,” who spoke on a regular basis with detainees with psychological and/or behavioral problems. A snippet:

“I believe that the majority of the guys there are true terrorists, and they follow the Manchester Document to the letter.”

If you’re unfamiliar with the Manchester Document, it is an official Al Qaeda training manual that was discovered by British police in Manchester, England while searching the computer of a known Al Qaeda terrorist. You can read it here. An article posted on the Defense Department’s web site explains that, according to the manual:

If you’re a Muslim extremist captured while fighting your holy war against “infidels,” avoid revealing information at all costs, don’t give your real name and claim that you were mistreated or tortured during your detention.

As Stashiu explained it, the mission was: “deny, deny, deny.” A recent article in the New York Times Magazine says of the Manchester Document:

“Officials at the detention facility at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, say they see clear evidence that detainees are well-versed in its contents.”

Stashiu agrees with this wholeheartedly.

Tomorrow: more on the Gitmo hunger strike, the suicide attempts, the suicides at Guantánamo, and the mental health of the detainees.

Speaking of their health, the detainees are getting supersized on high-calorie diets. It’s a guuuulag!