http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...ional/Americas
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"The U.S. operates a humane and professional detention operation at Guantanamo that is providing valuable information on the war on terror," Major Shavers said.
The men described repeated beatings throughout their detention in Afghanistan and Guantanamo. The 115-page dossier said one of the three, Mr. Ahmed, was quizzed for three hours in Afghanistan under threat of being shot.
"One of the U.S. soldiers had a gun to his head and he was told that if he moved they would shoot him" while a British elite SAS interrogator pressed Mr. Ahmed to admit he was in Afghanistan for holy war, the report says.
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The three men say in the report that other detainees at the Guantanamo military camp were subjected to brutal treatment similar to the abuse uncovered at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. One of the men said guards would stage races of detainees in short leg shackles, violently punishing them if they fell.
In Afghanistan and Cuba, the three men say they were repeatedly kicked and beaten, shackled in awkward positions, deprived of sleep, given painful anal searches, forcibly shaved, photographed naked, shown pornography and intimidated by barking dogs.
All three say they gave in and made false confessions of links to al-Qaeda and terrorism activities.
The men said they were not sexually molested but knew others who were. Rats and scorpions frequently came into prison cages.
Under pressure, Mr. Iqbal confessed to being a man interrogators pointed to on a videotape with Osama bin Laden. This was later disproved by British intelligence; in truth, Mr. Iqbal was in England at the time the tape was made.
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Sorry Charlie, looks like judicial oversight is coming in a bit late in the game.
It's strange that the lawyers dunno why the three were in Afghanistan, but their current freedom says something of it.