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  • Red Cross Finds Detainee Abuse in Guantánamo

    11/29/2004 7:21:26 PM PST · by wagglebee · 57 replies · 1,912+ views
    New York Times ^ | 11/30/04 | NEIL A. LEWIS
    WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 - The International Committee of the Red Cross has charged in confidential reports to the United States government that the American military has intentionally used psychological and sometimes physical coercion "tantamount to torture" on prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The finding that the handling of prisoners detained and interrogated at Guantánamo amounted to torture came after a visit by a Red Cross inspection team that spent most of last June in Guantánamo. The team of humanitarian workers, which included experienced medical personnel, also asserted that some doctors and other medical workers at Guantánamo were participating in planning...