Guantanamo suicides 'acts of war'

Two Saudis and a Yemeni hanged themselves recently at the US Guantanamo detention camp where they were being held as part of the US war on terrorism. I'm not about to start debating the validity of the detention camp -- that's a debate that would go on for far too long -- however, I would like to highlight the American military's response to the suicides. The camp commander is quoted by the BBC as saying that the suicides were "an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us."

Asymmetric Warfare -- this bit of modern military euphemism is lost on me -- so I decided to Google it. Wow -- asymmetric warfare is apparently very widely studied by military types. Wikipedia provides a good introduction, even though it's steeped in military jargon to point where it fails to make much sense -- but that's war for you I suppose. Simply put, asymmetric warfare is all about unconventional warfare that makes it difficult for the opposing force to respond. So, suicide bombers would fall into this category -- but prisoners detainees committing suicide? I guess staging a hunger strike or speaking critically of the president may also fall into this category. Besides, I thought the detainees at Guantanamo Bay were not prisoners of war -- and if that's true, what does that say about their ability to launch an asymmetric war?

It gets more interesting however. Having committed suicide -- either in attempt to raze the US forces, or because they simply couldn't take it anymore -- the US military has suddenly found new respect for the prisoners. Tony Snow has declared that the bodies of the dead men will be treated "humanely and with cultural sensitivity." At this point, am I the only one rolling on the floor in laughter? Humanely is defined as, characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion. Shouldn't a criteria for humane treatment be having the ability to still draw breath? Maybe this confusion is only me.