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To: Doug R who wrote (48443)	5/28/2005 10:49:19 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 173976

Afghan prisoners beaten to death at US military interrogation base 'Blunt force injuries' cited in murder ruling Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Friday March 7, 2003 The Guardian Two prisoners who died while being held for interrogation at the US military base in Afghanistan had apparently been beaten, according to a military pathologist's report. A criminal investigation is now under way into the deaths which have both been classified as homicides. The deaths have led to calls for an inquiry into what interrogation techniques are being used at the base where it is believed the al-Qaida leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is now also being held. Former prisoners at the base claim that detainees are chained to the ceiling, shackled so tightly that the blood flow stops, kept naked and hooded and kicked to keep them awake for days on end. The two men, both Afghans, died last December at the US forces base in Bagram, north of Kabul, where prisoners have been held for questioning. The autopsies found they had suffered "blunt force injuries" and classified both deaths as homicides.... guardian.co.uk

To: Doug R who wrote (48443)	5/30/2005 2:26:52 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 173976

Oh the humanity!!! ...The U.S. military had detained more than 68,000 people since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he said, and looked into 325 complaints of mistreatment. Investigations have found 100 cases of prisoner mistreatment and 100 people have been punished, General Myers said.... Top General Defends Treatment of Detainees By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Terrorism suspects held in the U.S. Navy prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are being dealt with "humanely" and with "dignity," the nation's top military officer says in disputing reported abuses. In television appearances Sunday, Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also said U.S. officials believe al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is wounded, but it's not known how badly. Muslims in several countries have demonstrated in recent weeks over allegations that a Quran, their faith's holy book, was flushed down a toilet by guards at Guantanamo. Myers denied that. The human rights group Amnesty International also released a report last week calling the prison camp "the gulag of our time." Myers said the report was "absolutely irresponsible." He said the United States was doing its best to detain fighters who, if released, "would turn right around and try to slit our throats, slit our children's throats." "This is a different kind of struggle, a different kind of war," Myers said on "Fox News Sunday." "We struggle with how to handle them (the prisoners), but we've always handled them humanely and with the dignity that they should be accorded." Myers repeated the Pentagon's contention that five cases of mistreatment of the Quran at Guantanamo had been confirmed. He did not give any other details about the mistreatment. The U.S. military had detained more than 68,000 people since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he said, and looked into 325 complaints of mistreatment. Investigations have found 100 cases of prisoner mistreatment and 100 people have been punished, the general said. On Zarqawi, who heads the al-Qaida insurgency in Iraq, Myers said U.S. officials believe postings on a militant Web site that Zarqawi had been wounded in a battle. He said he did not know whether Zarqawi had left Iraq for treatment in another country, as some Web sites and news organizations have reported. In London, The Sunday Times reported that Zarqawi was being treated in Iran after a piece of shrapnel hit his chest during an attack on his convoy. Iran denies it is harboring Zarqawi. Myers said he did not think the United States should have used more troops in the Iraq invasion but acknowledged that progress has proved slower than military officials had hoped. "I don't think we understood that people had been suppressed, and their spirit had been suppressed to the point where it wasn't just going to naturally blossom once they had the opportunity," the general said on CBS' "Face the Nation." Later Sunday, Myers joined Rolling Thunder, an annual motorcycle rally in the capital to support veterans. Thousands of bikers rode from the Pentagon to the National Mall, gathering at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Myers, wearing blue jeans and a shirt emblazoned with an American flag, told the crowd that Rolling Thunder and other such groups "helped Americans realize that no matter where they are sent overseas, we have to respect our military." Among those attending were Keith and Carolyn Maupin, the parents of Sgt. Keith Maupin, the only U.S. soldier listed as missing and captured in Iraq. The 21-year-old soldier has been missing since his convoy was attacked west of Baghdad on April 9. "To see these people and see their faces, and hear their caring and sincerity, it's just amazing," Carolyn Maupin said in a telephone interview. "It touches our hearts." news.yahoo.com