Gitmo Detainees: U.S. Troops Abused Them

AP ^ | 2/7/5 | PAISLEY DODDS

[SmithL]

United Nations -- Nearly a dozen detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp contend they were wrongly imprisoned after repeated abuse by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including beatings with chains, electric shock and sodomy, their lawyer said Monday.

"These are classic stories of men who ended up in Guantanamo by mistake," charged attorney Tom Wilner, who represents 11 Kuwaiti prisoners held in the detention center at the U.S. Navy base in eastern Cuba.

Most of his clients say they falsely confessed to belonging to Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime or the al-Qaida terror network as a way to stop the abuse, Wilner said. He said one is too angry over his treatment to discuss details of his case, but all argue their detentions are unjustified.

Human rights groups and defense lawyers have long charged that some information used as the basis for incarcerations at Guantanamo Bay resulted from abuse or torture. Many of the 545 prisoners there have been held for more than three years, most without charge. About 150 have been let go, but officials have not given explanations for their release.

The government has denied using torture, but multiple investigations into abuse at detention camps in Afghanistan and Guantanamo are under way. It is not clear whether some of the men's statements could be dismissed if investigators confirm there was abuse during interrogations.

Maj. Michael Shavers, a Pentagon spokesman, said all "credible" abuse allegations are investigated, but he suggested the Kuwaitis' claims were consistent with al-Qaida tactics to falsely allege abuse or mistreatment.

[SmithL]

The AP is sticking to the script.

[jennyjenny]

Looks like everyone has the word on how to get a get out of jail free card.

[swilhelm73]

Well, and the prisoners too. And it is an actual script, IIRC...

[Cicero]

More and more it looks as if the only thing to do with terrorists is to shoot them on the spot. It's really too bad, because the more humane we try to be, the more our fifth columnists take advantage of it.

[muawiyah]

The AlQaida guys always have that "sodomy" thing on their minds. One must imagine they mete it out themselves.

[cake_crumb]

Gitmo gaurds : Guantanimo detainees abused THEM.

[cake_crumb]

Arabs definitely have an obsession with sodomy.

[injin]

I still think the best thing to do is pump them for intel ,
drug them up , and fly them out over the Indian Ocean
and kick them out the back of C-130's . End of story...

[FreeKeys]

This is al-Qa'eda Rule 18: 'You must claim you were tortured'

[RtWngr]

"including beatings with chains, electric shock and sodomy"

What are they bitching about? That kind of entertainment would cost them big bucks out on the street.

[auboy]

Never trust anything named PAISLEY.

[Jaysun]

I think that all of these allegations are completely and totally untrue. Here's a pdf file of an Al Qaeda training manual training manual. Look at page 17.

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/manualpart1_4.pdf

1. At the beginning of the trial,once more the brothers must insist on proving that torture was inflicted on them by State Security [investigators ]before the judge.
2.Complain [to the court ]of mistreatment while in prison.

An index to more of the training manual can be found here:

http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/manualpart1_4.pdf

[COEXERJ145]

[cake_crumb]

Yep, they're just going by "the book"

[citizencon]

To AP and the rest of the anti-US troops MSM: why not just call Gitmo a "rehab clinic and spa" and its detainees "patients"?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Gitmo retard: "Not only that! I was beheaded once!"

AP reporter retard looking skeptical: "What?"


Gitmo retard; "Well, I got better."

[Finalapproach29er]

"He treated me like a dog, Mr. Wally."
---Security guard, 'VACATION'.