Group Claims U.S. Torture in Afghan Prison

[Eugene]

Group Claims U.S. Torture in Afghan Prison


Monday December 19, 2005 12:16 AM

By ERIC TALMADGE

Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United States operated a secret prison in Afghanistan as recently
as last year, torturing detainees with sleep deprivation, chaining them to the walls and forcing
them to listen to loud music in total darkness for days, a human rights group alleged Monday.

The prison was run near Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, New York-based Human Rights Watch said
in a report based on the accounts of several detainees at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists
at Guantanamo Bay.

According to the report, the detainees were kept in total darkness - they called the facility "Dark
Prison" - and were tortured and mistreated by American and Afghan guards in civilian clothes, an
indication the facility may have been operated by the CIA.

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Instead, the detainees' accounts were given to their lawyers, who passed them on to the rights group.
The group said the allegations were credible enough to warrant an official investigation.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5488796,00.html

[babylonsister]

1. But my supposed prez told me we

don't do that! :grr:

[cureautismnow]

2. And the beat goes on...

Barbarians have controlled the U.S. government for 5 years.

[bahrbearian]

3. Are they sure it wasn't a Fraternity hazing. Were they branded

with red hot clothes hangers,,that can be alot of fun.

[IChing]

4. the new statue "we torture for your freedom'

[saigon68]

5. TORTURE IS FUN

[rodeodance]

6. AP--Cheney on Sunday denied that the United States engaged in torture.---

first Guardian--now AP story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/afghan_secret_prison;_ylt=AkUWHSUt2DDp6N8bL7jc_92s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

U.S. Ran Afghan Torture Prison, Group Says

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - The United States operated a secret prison in
Afghanistan as recently as last year, torturing detainees with sleep deprivation, chaining them to the walls and forcing them to listen to loud music in total darkness for days, a human rights group alleged Monday.

The prison was run near Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report based on the accounts of several detainees at the U.S. prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay.

CIA officials have not commented on various allegations of torture, but Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday denied that the United States engaged in torture.

"I can say that we, in fact, are consistent with the commitments of the United States that we don't engage in torture, and we don't," Cheney said in an interview to be broadcast Monday on ABC News "Nightline." Cheney was not responding directly to the Human Rights Watch report, but to questions about anti-torture legislation before Congress.

[rodeodance]

7. 'chained to the wall'

....According to the report by the rights group, the detainees were kept in total darkness — they called the facility "Dark Prison" — and were tortured and mistreated by American and Afghan guards in civilian clothes, an indication the facility may have been operated by the CIA.

"They were chained to walls, deprived of food and drinking water, and kept in total darkness with loud rap, heavy metal music, or other sounds blared for weeks at a time," the report said.

"Some detainees said they were shackled in a manner that made it impossible to lie down or sleep, with restraints that caused their hands and wrists to swell up or bruise."

Human Rights Watch did not speak with the detainees directly because the United States has not allowed rights organizations to visit detainees at Guantanamo or other overseas detention sites.

[rodeodance]

8. gowd, we are in more deep trouble if this is true.

[leftchick]

9. I am so ashamed of this country

Tortures R US.... :(

[schrodingers_cat]

10. Torture in Afghan 'secret prison' (BBC)

A global human rights watchdog says the United States operated a secret prison in Afghanistan as recently as last year where detainees were tortured.
US-based Human Rights Watch says it has credible reports that eight people now being held at Guantanamo Bay were tortured at the prison.

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Human Rights Watch group says the detainees were kept in total darkness and mistreated.

"They were chained to walls, deprived of food and drinking water, and kept in total darkness with loud rap, heavy metal music, or other sounds blared for weeks a time," the organisation said.

"Some detainees said they were shackled in a manner that made it impossible to lie down or sleep, with restraints that caused their hands and wrists to swell up or bruise." (more)

link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4541056.stm

[saigon68]

11. WAR CRIMINALS

Like Hitler's SS

[NanceGreggs]

12. "WE don't torture!"

How many times does your dear presnit have to say it before you understand?

"We do not torture. We do not favour the interests of Big Business over the interests of the American people. We do not fabricate intelligence to justify invading another country. We do not lie. We do not cheat. We do not steal. We do not ..."

Man, you must NOT BE LISTENING!