Prisoner not seen since CIA capture may appear at Guantánamo war court
Source: Miami Herald
A Palestinian not seen publicly since his 2002 capture and brutal interrogation by the CIA may soon make his first appearance in a U.S. courtroom, the war court at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Abu Zubaydah, whose real name is Zayn al Abdeen Mohammed al Hussein, has been called as a witness by a defendant in the Sept. 11 war crimes case to describe conditions inside the Camp 7 prison at Guantánamo Bay, where 15 former CIA captives are kept. He could testify at a pretrial hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba next week.
A Senate report found that the Saudi-born Palestinian was the first prisoner subjected to a harsh CIA interrogation program now widely regarded as torture. He has never been charged with a crime.
In February, alleged 9/11 plot lieutenant Ramzi bin al Shibh, a Yemeni, testified that someone in control of Camp 7 is intentionally, systematically making noise and vibrations in a campaign of sleep deprivation. He specifically named Abu Zubaydah as someone who would back up his story. Prosecutors deny that, if theres noise, its intentional. More likely, prosecutor Clay Trivett said, Bin al Shibh was lying ... fighting the jihad against the guards in the camp.
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cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)arrest and put Cheney and Bush on trial over this whole Gitmo disaster.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)Abouttime
(675 posts)All prisoners in gitmo should be freed. Bush Cheney and Condi-sleeza should be behind bars.