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**Mister.levitra** · 07-16-2008, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by Patroklos
Your own article...

No, those wounds were not from torture. Even Omar himself says so. http://alterwords.wordpress.com/2008...hadrs-torture/

Omar Khadr alleges serious mistreatment by his U.S. captors — including that he was threatened with rape and was used as a mop to clean up urine on his cell floor — in his first public comments since he was detained on an Afghanistan battlefield in 2002.

The Toronto-born accused terrorist, who was 15 when the U.S. government claims he lobbed a hand grenade that fatally injured a U.S. special forces soldier, also says he told a Canadian delegation in 2003 that the Americans “would torture” him — so he told them “whatever they wanted” to hear.

The first-person allegations are contained in eight typed pages of an affidavit Mr. Khadr, now 21, swore for submission to a war-crimes commission the United States established to try terror suspects following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

In preparation for public release, U.S. censors have blacked out certain portions, citing concern terrorists could discover — and presumably prepare to resist — specific interrogation techniques.

In one untouched passage, Mr. Khadr recalls how, at age 16, he was used as a mop after he had been cuffed in various contorted positions for at least an hour, and urinated on himself and the floor.

“Military police poured pine oil on the floor and on me,” Mr. Khadr says. “And then, with me lying on my stomach with my hands and feet cuffed together behind me, the military police dragged me back and forth through the mixture of urine and pine oil on the floor.”

He says he was refused a shower before being returned to his cell, and denied a change of clothing for two days. The same thing happened again “a few weeks later,” he adds.

Other Western countries have concluded deals with the United States leading to the repatriation of their nationals from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but both the current Conservative administration and the Liberals before them have resisted doing the same for Mr. Khadr, making him the only Western detainee in Guantanamo.

This is all pretty damning stuff. The fact that the US government censors some of the stuff (presumably the worst of it) shows you they know it looks bad, too. The US has also notably, and famously, not refuted any of his allegations that were not censored.

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Mister.levitra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	Originally posted by Patroklos Your own article... No, those wounds were not from torture. Even Omar himself says so. http://alterwords.wordpress.com/2008...hadrs-torture/ Omar Khadr alleges serious mistreatment by his U.S. captors — including that he was threatened with rape and was used as a mop to clean up urine on his cell floor — in his first public comments since he was detained on an Afghanistan battlefield in 2002. The Toronto-born accused terrorist, who was 15 when the U.S. government claims he lobbed a hand grenade that fatally injured a U.S. special forces soldier, also says he told a Canadian delegation in 2003 that the Americans “would torture” him — so he told them “whatever they wanted” to hear. The first-person allegations are contained in eight typed pages of an affidavit Mr. Khadr, now 21, swore for submission to a war-crimes commission the United States established to try terror suspects following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. In preparation for public release, U.S. censors have blacked out certain portions, citing concern terrorists could discover — and presumably prepare to resist — specific interrogation techniques. In one untouched passage, Mr. Khadr recalls how, at age 16, he was used as a mop after he had been cuffed in various contorted positions for at least an hour, and urinated on himself and the floor. “Military police poured pine oil on the floor and on me,” Mr. Khadr says. “And then, with me lying on my stomach with my hands and feet cuffed together behind me, the military police dragged me back and forth through the mixture of urine and pine oil on the floor.” He says he was refused a shower before being returned to his cell, and denied a change of clothing for two days. The same thing happened again “a few weeks later,” he adds. Other Western countries have concluded deals with the United States leading to the repatriation of their nationals from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but both the current Conservative administration and the Liberals before them have resisted doing the same for Mr. Khadr, making him the only Western detainee in Guantanamo. This is all pretty damning stuff. The fact that the US government censors some of the stuff (presumably the worst of it) shows you they know it looks bad, too. The US has also notably, and famously, not refuted any of his allegations that were not censored.
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