Our soldiers beat Afghani men to death because they were young and bored

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http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4581834

'Young Troops Abused Detainees in U.S. Camp of Death'

Detainees in United States military custody in Afghanistan were the victims of widespread abuse by “young and poorly trained soldiers”, according to a report published today.

A 2,000-page confidential file obtained by The New York Times reveals brutal treatment of prisoners, apparently often born out of little more than boredom.

The report focuses on the deaths of two Afghan men in Bagram in December 2002.

The first, a 22-year-old taxi driver, known as Dilawar, was said to have been so badly beaten his legs could no longer bend. He was chained by the wrists to the ceiling of his cell where he eventually died.

Months later, Army investigators learned that most of his interrogators believed he was an innocent man who drove his taxi past the American base at the wrong time, according to the report.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Did you read the full account posted in this link?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3691477&mesg_id=3691477


It'll make you sick.