WP Aug 2003: Ex-Prisoners Allege Rights Abuses by U.S. Military

[TruthIsAll]

Nothing to see here in Guantanamo and Afghanistan...move along now.
See you in Iraq in 2004...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A11440-2003Aug18¬Found=true

Ex-Prisoners Allege Rights Abuses by U.S. Military

Prisoners released from the military camps at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Bagram air base in Afghanistan have said in a series of interviews with Amnesty International that they were subjected to human rights abuses.

The accounts, which provide some of the most detailed information so far on alleged violations, include claims that people were forcibly injected, denied sleep and forced to stand or kneel for hours in painful positions. These charges are included in a new report from the human rights organization, which is reviewing 23 months of U.S. actions in the war on terror.

Sean McCormack, spokesman for the National Security Council, declined to comment yesterday, saying he had not seen the report. NSC spokesmen have challenged previous claims of ill treatment, saying that the United States treats enemy combatants humanely.

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[TruthIsAll]

1. Prisoner abuse/torture is not an abberation; it is POLICY

It goes back to the very beginning of BushCo

TIA