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Posted on 02/25/2009 7:56:09 AM PST by xtinct
Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards "get their kicks in" before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees.
Abuses began to pick up in December after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper and over-forcefeeding detainees who are on hunger strike.
The Pentagon said on Monday that it had received renewed reports of prisoner abuse during a recent review of conditions at Guantanamo, but had concluded that all prisoners were being kept in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.
"According to my clients, there has been a ramping up in abuse since President Obama was inaugurated," said Ghappour, a British-American lawyer with Reprieve, a legal charity that represents 31 detainees at Guantanamo.
"If one was to use one's imagination, (one) could say that these traumatized, and for lack of a better word barbaric, guards were just basically trying to get their kicks in right now for fear that they won't be able to later," he said.
"Certainly in my experience there have been many, many more reported incidents of abuse since the inauguration," added Ghappour, who has visited Guantanamo six times since late September and based his comments on his own observations and conversations with both prisoners and guards.
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BUT if true THE ONE is responsible just like the media made G.W. responsible for Abu Garab...
Al Qaida’s handbook (as can been seen on The Smoking Gun) tells agents of AQ to file bogus complaints when in prison.
“according to a lawyer who represents detainees”
according to leftoid terrorist supporter. yeah. not worth an ounce of p*ss.
I don’t recall Al Qaeda being a signatory to the Geneva Conventions. Where does it say that AQ is allowed to kidnap civilians and make snuff films of their deaths?
Because their gravy train is about to end and they will have to find some other tactic to generate favorable press from Al Reuters.
IF true, I guess that's one good thing done on The One's watch.
This is at least the third time this story has been posted this motning.
Lawyer says Guantanamo abuse worse since Obama. But them folks are white boys at Gitmo.
IT’S all Obama’s fault.
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