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Notability of Major General Hood[edit]

This article was nominated for deletion on my talk page by User:WebHamster as having no indication of importance/significance under criteria for deletion A7. I must say I'm fairly surprised by this attempted deletion, though perhaps I should not be. Maj. Gen. Hood was the commander of the detention and interrogation facility at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, the operator of Camp X-Ray, which makes him extremely notable in the context of America's War on Terrorism. I can appreciate that Gen. Hood would like to remain a private individual, but his role as the commanding officer of Guantanamo makes him notable. He has also made statements to the general press and these statements are worthy of evaluation.

See: NYT article detailing Gen. Hood's investigation of mistreatment of the Koran at Camp X-Ray (NYT) Gen Hood's statement concerning possible human rights violations alleged by the International Committee of the Red Cross (NYT)

However, General Hood's importance may not have been fully expressed and I will attempt to correct this problem.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 21:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hood is clearly associated as the leader of one of the most noteworthy detention centers in the world. His association with that, his decisions relating to that, and the controversy that has engulfed him in this issue is clearly notable. The effect of this continuing controversy on his post in Pakistan can be added to the page now: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/world/asia/09general.html?hp --Elindstr (talk) 05:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]