« Save The Criminals! | Main | The Soundtrack »
June 8, 2009
Torturing An Innocent Man
Former Guantanamo detainee Lakhdar Boumediene to ABC News:
Boumediene described being pulled up from under his arms while sitting in a chair with his legs shackled, stretching him. He said that he was forced to run with the camp's guards and if he could not keep up, he was dragged, bloody and bruised.He described what he called the "games" the guards would play after he began a hunger strike, putting his food IV up his nose and poking the hypodermic needle in the wrong part of his arm.
And, of course, the truth wasn't what interrogators were looking for:
Boumediene said it was in his interest to lie to the interrogators, who would reward the detainees if they admitted guilt."If I tell my interrogator, I am from Al Qaeda, I saw Osama bin Laden, he was my boss, I help him, they will tell me, 'Oh you are a good man,'" he said. "But if I refuse ? I tell them I'm innocent, never was I terrorist, never never, they tell me. 'You are, you are not cooperating, I have to punch you.'"
Filed under: Guantanamo || Torture
 |  |  |  |  |
Posted By Bob Cesca | June 8, 2009 11:39 AM
Comments
Hey, He - like everyone else at GTMO, Bagram and other not yet public places - are all terrorists.
The worst of the worst.
Most dangerous men in the world.
Proof? They're there.
Posted by: brutlygoddamnhonest at June 8, 2009 11:57 AM
Seems like the witch hutns and witch trials we sort of the same way. Admit that you are a witch and God will forgive you after we burn you at the stake. Deny that you are a witch, and you'll spend eternity in hell after we burn you at the stake.
Posted by: Broadway Carl™ at June 8, 2009 12:00 PM
So essentially, on September 11th, 2001, a bunch of terrorists set out to change the American way of life.
And they did. They won. They brought us down to their level. There's really no doubt about that anymore, is there?
Posted by: jenski42 at June 8, 2009 12:11 PM
Spanish Inquisition, anyone?
Posted by: scribbler50 at June 8, 2009 12:13 PM
I think that we should torture Teh Dick™.
Not to get him to admit he did anything wrong, just to torture him. After all it's just enhanced interrogation, nothing really awful. I just want him 'interrogated' without asking any questions. Let's throw that Rumsfeld asshat into the interrogate with extreme prejudice pile too.
Posted by: ∇•B=0 Goddamn Silly Ratfaced Git ∇•D=ρ at June 8, 2009 12:44 PM
But.. but... I thought just two people were mistreated?
Load of horeshit
Posted by: J M Goddamn Ashby at June 8, 2009 1:05 PM
amen jenski
the terrorists already won
Posted by: veralynn at June 8, 2009 2:54 PM
