-By Warner Todd Huston
The166 detainees that are still at the Guantanamo Bay’s Camp 6 apparently have some interesting activities to keep them occupied. Among other activities the terrorists enjoy training classes in “interviewing and resume writing” as well as “writing success.”
The creative writing classes are part of instructions in art, literacy, and English as a second language.
According to reports, other classes offered are “Life Skills” class, “Computer Familiarity,” “Personal Health and Wellness,” and “Personal Finance and Business.”
The detainees are also allowed to take art classes, and language classes like Pashtu or Arabic to English translation.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) also recently spent $750,000 for a new soccer field for Camp 6.
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Gitmo Offering Creative Writing Classes and More to Inmates?”
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