Briton freed from Guantanamo prison tells European rights body of U.S. abuse

CBC News ^ | 12/17/04 | NA

[TexasGreg]

What would a person going to a religious retreat in Pakistan be doing on the battle field in Afghanistan????

"Hundreds of what must be presumed to be innocent people remain in indeterminate detention in Guantanamo Bay," he said.

Nonsense ... they are illegal combatants. They should have been shot on sight, not captured. In any event, thy don't qualify for Geneva Convention protections. They were NOT lawful combatants.

[Texas Eagle]

"They jumped on my legs and back and they kicked and punched me," said the 37-year-old website designer and father of three from Manchester, England.

Sounds like a bunch of soccer hooligans to me.

But let's see the bruises anyway.

[dts32041]

Maybe we should have just handed him his head as the TROP is wont to do.

BTW the Human rights record of old europe is nothing to stand in awe of about.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yea, he was quietly studying the Koran when the AK-47 fell into his hands and to his horror, began firing at the American troops! You know how those eeeevil a-salt weapons are!

[phoenix0468]

"Detained in Afghanistan in October 2001, al-Harith maintains he had travelled to the region to attend a religious retreat in Pakistan."

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"I'm just passin' through with my AK-47 and my fatwa. I ain't no Taliban fighter. I just want to get to Pakistan by way of an isolated off limits country by people such as myself. Oh, yeah, and I was just shootin' at you because I thought you looked kind of like a Russian soldier, or something like that."

Geesh, those Eurocrapians will believe anything.

[Noachian]

Detained in Afghanistan in October 2001, al-Harith maintains he had travelled to the region to attend a religious retreat in Pakistan.

How come we don't see the American's side of the story in this one-sided article? Why was he picked up in Afghanistan in the first place?

[swilhelm73]

I keep posting this picture, but only because it presents the perfect solution to this "problem" the press and Left is obsessed with...

[TexasGreg]

Ping

[TomGuy]

Al-Harith said he was kept mostly in a wire cage and given food marked "10 to 12 years beyond their usable date,"

10-12 years beyond their usable date? Yeh, right! And we had the WoT just so we could capture a bunch of prisoners and force them to eat up all the outdates MRE's.

[Noachian]

...and given food marked "10 to 12 years beyond their usable date," ....

10 to 12 YEARS???

[DTogo]

Detained in Afghanistan in October 2001, al-Harith maintains he had travelled to the region to attend a religious retreat in Pakistan.

Is this guy a stand-up comedian?

[Happygal]

At one point, al-Harith said he refused to take an unidentified injection and was chained up and attacked by five men wearing helmets, body armour and shields.

This guy is full of it.
If he was shackled in a cramped cell..he wouldn't have an opportunity to 'refuse' medication. This is bullshit.

[Echo Talon]

Briton freed from Guantanamo prison tells European rights body of U.S. abuse

How come when scumbags no matter how bad they are we have always have to say "alleged crime" or the "accuser" seems to me this article has stepped over the line and has already prejudged this case...

[Jorge]

"They jumped on my legs and back and they kicked and punched me," said the 37-year-old website designer and father of three from Manchester, England.

Cool.

[sneakers]

He's a liar. Plain and simple. Anybody who believes these muslim losers is a fool.

[drt1]

"Geesh, those Eurocrapians will believe anything.

Maybe?

"Geesh, those Eurocrapians want to believe anything."

:-)

[pepsionice]

This old food story is totally laughable. Military supply geeks are absolute about getting rid of food that is past the use date. You can walk into any Marine or Air Force warehouse, and everything is managed by a computer system. They know precisely when the expiration date is and they will use or sell the food by that point. I've seen MREs near their expiration date at various commissaries in my life...sold for half price because they were within 30 days of their date.

This Al-Harth character is a joker. I'm betting that he is right back at a Saudi-financed mosque in the UK...getting fed more propaganda from their religious cleric. But I'll also bet that 25 million Europeans absolutely believe his story without any doubt.

[piasa]

Al-Harith said he was kept mostly in a wire cage and given food marked "10 to 12 years beyond their usable date,"

This guy is mistaken. He wasn't in Gitmo, he was in our public school system enjoying the subsidized lunch program.

[piasa]

The left is certainly are doing their best to take away any incentive for treating people humanely. It'd be easier to just kill them all and give the bodies to Neptune.

[Chode]