U.S. forces accused of abusing Kuwaiti prisoners

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5522469

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces abused several Kuwaiti prisoners now held at Guantanamo Bay by beating
them with chains, sodomising them and giving them electrical shocks, the detainees' lawyer has said.

Human rights lawyer Tom Wilner, who represents the 11 Kuwaitis locked up as foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S.
naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, described the abuses in notes after meeting with the men last month.

The notes -- declassified by the U.S. government -- detailed conversations with six of the men, and said on Monday
the other five recounted similar treatment.

Major Michael Shavers, a Pentagon spokesman, would not offer a point-by-point rebuttal of the allegations. But he
said, "It is important to note that al Qaeda training manuals emphasise the tactic of making false abuse allegations." snip

The United States has faced international criticism for its treatment of the Guantanamo prisoners. Even FBI memos
made public recently accused Pentagon interrogators of using "torture techniques."

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1. That 'al Queda false abuse claims' defense...

...would hold a lot more water if we HADN'T ALREADY BEEN CAUGHT DOING IT BEFORE.

Just another reason why Abu Ghraib 'matters' more than a frat prank.

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2. That was the sentence that caught my eye.

What an "excuse".

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4. they used that to dismiss previous allegations

which were later found to be consistent with photographic proof.

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3. I sure people fake broken bones

and organ damage all the time.

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5. Kuwait is supposed to be a friend to the US

I wonder if that would make any difference in the credibility of what they have to report about being tortured. You think Kuwait would be pissed off. Did any one ever see the TV news magazine reprt about the national guard guy they asked to volunteer to undergo the Interrogation techniques (like a quality assurance check) he was beaten inthe head so severely he now has constant seizure activity. I think the general public Just does not believe their president could sanction this sort of thing