Guantánamo abuse same as Abu Ghraib, say Britons

[emad]

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington, Tania Branigan and Vikram Dodd
Friday May 14, 2004
The Guardian

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Two British men who were held at Guantánamo Bay claimed that their US guards subjected them to abuse similar to that perpetrated at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

In an open letter to President George Bush, Britons Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal accused US military officials of deliberately misleading the public about procedures at Guantánamo.

Mr Rasul and Mr Iqbal, who were freed in March after being arrested in Afghanistan and held without charge for more than two years, allege that heavy-handed treatment was systematic.

"From the moment of our arrival in Guantánamo Bay (and indeed from long before) we were deliberately humiliated and degraded by methods we now read US officials denying," the men write.
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More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1216644,00.html

Edit: Addendum: "We were tortured too":
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/10759216?source=Evening%20Standard

[CWebster]

1. An extention of the war on terror

made it all acceptible.

Actually, this mindset was condoned by the culture after 911. And war can do brutal things to people even without the endorsement of nationalistic, flag-waving "support the troops" blood-lust.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=553842