Guantanamo inmates to get art, English classes!!! Perhaps they would prefer getting their freedom?

U.S. military officials at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison camp are programming entertainment and educational activities for the detainees, an adviser says. 

Although U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has promised to empty the notorious camp of its 250 detainees accused of being "enemy combatants" with terrorism links, military officials are nevertheless planning for the long haul and will soon offer prisoners such activities as art and geology classes, The Miami Herald reported Sunday.

"We want to keep their brains stimulated. We're not here to give degrees," an Arab-American cultural adviser identified only as Zak told the newspaper. "Once they are engaged and busy, they leave the guards alone."  More...

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