Act of war

Apparently, according to the US military, killing yourself can be an "act of war":

The suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amount to acts of war, the US military says. The camp commander said the two Saudis and a Yemeni were "committed" and had killed themselves in "an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us".

A more ridiculous thing I have not heard all day (mind you, I've been out in the garden washing the motorcycle). According to this theory, the inmates did this to make the US look bad, and therefore it was an attack. I'm surprised he stopped short of calling it a terrorist attack.

I have another theory that might be worth exploring: perhaps they killed themselves out of despair at being imprisoned without due process for years on end, possibly tortured, and with no real prospect of a resolution in the near future?

Perhaps it's not these inmates who are making the US look bad? Perhaps Guantanamo Bay makes the US look bad? Perhaps the US has a knack for making itself look bad nowadays? What if maybe it's not merely a case of "looking bad"?