How the US treated David Hicks (in Guantanamo Bay)

[rooboy]

The alleged Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks received a prolonged beating from US military personnel during an interrogation soon after his capture in Afghanistan.

Accounts given to the Herald by several sources reveal that Mr Hicks was beaten extensively during at least one interrogation, and was shackled and denied sleep for long periods.

His lawyer, Stephen Kenny, gave no details of the abuse but said it was sanctioned by higher authorities and "not just the work of individual guards".

The revelations raise new questions about the length and extent of US maltreatment of prisoners and what the Australian Government knew about them.

Transcripts of the Hicks interrogation were taken and it is believed there is also video and photographic documentation. Mr Hicks was captured by Northern Alliance fighters, who also beat him, the Herald has been told. He was then handed to the US.

Mr Hicks spent time on US Navy warships, where interrogations took place.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/19/1084917657938.html

[teryang]

1. Don't let the facts get in the way

...of todays 3 hour lovefest with the Army brass about their compliance with the Geneva Conventions at Gitmo and Abu Ghraid.

There is no systemic violation of the Convention. General Miller said so.