Abdul-Rahman bin Ma’ada bin Dhafer al Aameri commits suicide at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Naval Base.  Al Aameri was a Saudi army veteran who received training from the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) before defecting to the al-Qaida (Arabic for “the Base”) international terrorist network, before he was captured at The Battle of Tora Bora.

       [added 4/13/2024]

      While the United States Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” R. Anthony Snow, Press Secretary to Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush, tells the national media that Bush envisions same extended long-term military presence in Iraq for the U.s. Armed Forces, just as has existed for over half a century in the free-market Republic of (South) Korea:

       The Korean model is one in which the United [s]tates provides a security presence, but you’ve had the development of a successful democracy in South Korea over a period of years, and, therefore, the United [s]tates is there as a force of stability.

        [added 4/13/2024] Thanks to Chuck McGlawn for this entry.