Yemeni official - Gitmo inmate died of asphyxiation

A Guantanamo detainee whose death has been blamed on suicide apparently died of asphyxiation, a Yemeni official said Saturday. The preliminary conclusion, which suggests the prisoner strangled himself, offers the first details about the death of Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al Hanashi, who was found unresponsive inside a psychiatric ward. The disclosure also raises questions about how a prisoner could have choked himself to death inside the closely watched ward. Attorney David Remes, who represents another detainee in Guantanamo's Behavioral Health Unit, said it is "unbelievable" that an inmate could strangle himself with wide-angle video cameras watching from the ceilings of their cells around the clock. "The men in the psych ward are considered suicide risks," Remes said. "Where were his watchers while all this supposedly happened?"