Ex-detainees detail alleged abuse at US base

[Judi Lynn]

Ex-detainees detail alleged abuse at US base
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | August 5, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Three British former ''enemy combatants" freed from the prison at Guantanamo Bay released a 115-page statement yesterday claiming they were beaten, sexually humiliated, and held in prolonged isolation during their two years of detention.

They said harsh treatment and incessant interrogations at the US Navy base in Cuba eventually led them to confess to being in a video with Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. But British intelligence later determined that they had been in England at the time the video was shot in Afghanistan, contributing to the British government's decision to let them go free once they were transferred from Guantanamo.

In one alleged incident, one of the three claimed he was assaulted while riding a ferry from the airstrip to the prison.

''We had been told to keep our hands by our sides," he said. ''This was uncomfortable as we were shackled, and after some time I moved my hands into my lap. A soldier came up to me and said, 'Put your hand on your left knee,' which I did. The soldier said, 'This speaks English,' and then kicked me about 20 times to my left thigh and punched me as well. I had a large bruise on my leg and couldn't walk for nearly one month."
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/08/05/ex_detainees_detail_alleged_abuse_at_us_base/

[Nambe]

1. Better hang another female guard for this.

Or perhaps one of the Cuban communists snuck in and did it.

[Moderator]

2. dupe

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