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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 11:14 PM Dec 2019

A Guantnamo Bay detainee's drawings show the brutal CIA torture he endured at a secret US-run priso

A Guantánamo Bay detainee's drawings show the brutal CIA torture he endured at a secret US-run prison in Thailand
Eliza Relman 5 hours ago

Abu Zubaydah was captured by US forces after a gun fight in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March 2002. US officials incorrectly believed the Saudi Arabian citizen was a member of al-Qaida and transported him to a secret US-run prison, known as a black site, in Thailand.

In August 2002, Zubaydah, already suffering from a severe leg wound, became the first victim of the George W. Bush administration's "enhanced interrogation," which included shackling him in stress positions and confined spaces, prolonged sleep deprivation, and 83 episodes of waterboarding.

The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA torture program, which was partially declassified and released in 2014, found the enhanced-interrogation techniques were ineffective, "brutal," and "far worse" than the CIA had described them as being.

During one waterboarding session, Zubaydah "became completely unresponsive, with bubbles rising through his open, full mouth."

More:
https://www.businessinsider.com/guantanamo-detainee-drawings-cia-torture-2019-12

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A Guantnamo Bay detainee's drawings show the brutal CIA torture he endured at a secret US-run priso (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2019 OP
ugh Kali Dec 2019 #1
I believed in American exceptionalism, once upon a time... chia Dec 2019 #2
We can thank Cheney and John Woo and dumb W montanacowboy Dec 2019 #3
And we didn't impeach, we didn't really complain, we just waited for the world to fix itself FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #4

Kali

(54,990 posts)
1. ugh
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 11:17 PM
Dec 2019
At some point during Zubaydah's detention, he lost one of his eyes for unknown reasons.


CIA interrogators were so worried about the details of Zubaydah's torture becoming public that they requested "reasonable assurances that [Abu Zubaydah] will remain in isolation and incommunicado for the remainder of his life," the Senate report found.

montanacowboy

(6,053 posts)
3. We can thank Cheney and John Woo and dumb W
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 01:03 AM
Dec 2019

and how much of it carries on today as we speak? this guy is STILL being held despite he has not committed a crime.

I am sick and tired and I don't see any way out of the filthy cesspool this country has become.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
4. And we didn't impeach, we didn't really complain, we just waited for the world to fix itself
Fri Dec 6, 2019, 04:31 PM
Dec 2019

and got Trump.

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