Afghan detainees routinely tortured and humiliated by US troops

[DoYouEverWonder]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1245200,00.html

June 23, 2004

Detainees held in Afghanistan by American troops have been routinely tortured and humiliated as part of the interrogation process, in the same way as those in Iraq, a Guardian investigation has found.

Five detainees have died in custody, three of them in suspicious circumstances, and survivors have told stories of beatings, strippings, hoodings and sleep deprivation.

The nature of the alleged abuse indicates that what happened at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was part of a pattern of interrogation that has been common practice since the US invasion of Afghanistan.

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"These abuses were part of a wider pattern stemming from a White House attitude that 'anything goes' in the war against terrorism, even if it crosses the line of illegality."

[riverwalker]

1. "anything goes"

anyone else see the piece on CNN yesterday about the troops shooting the 12 year old boy? It was heartbreaking. On patrol they shot at "a figure" running away from them. It was a family of nomads in the desert, and they hit the child. The father said his wife went insane, all his livestock are lost and his son is far away in a military hospital begging to come home.

[libhill]

2. How the fuk

did it ever come to this - what in the Sam fukkin` hill has happened to this country? I wish I had the money to immigrate to Canada and start a new life, and renounce my citizenship.