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>gitmo if not "organized genocide"?

There are 39 prisoners in gitmo. In its total lifetime there have been 780 people. 9 died in custody. I wouldn't call that genocide.



AFAIK number of deaths is not relevant if something is or isn't a genocide.


Definition of "genocide":

> the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group


https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

Smallest genocide by death toll(killing of Tasmanian aboriginals by the British) killed just 400 to 1000 people.


That's still a lot more than nine.




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