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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-20-06 02:58 PM
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Ex Guantanamo prisoner: I confessed to stop the torture
At Guantanamo, Kiyemba says he had three more visits from MI5 who asked him if he wished to make any changes to his previous statements. He says when he said no, "they left in what seemed like an angry mood".

He added: "The American interrogators did not believe my story. Soon they had me standing up for sleep deprivation. They swore that if I did not admit to having planned jihad in Afghanistan, then what lay ahead for me would be far worse.

"The Americans promised to send me to "our Egyptian friends who are renowned for torturing and they will do the dirty work for us". In the end I just gave up resisting and told them what they wanted to hear so that they would leave me alone."

But, he says, the torture did not let up. On one occasion Kiyemba claims he was forced to the ground by guards, bound and soaked with pepper spray.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=377623&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-20-06 03:01 PM
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1. ...
:cry:

evil has taken hold
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-20-06 03:02 PM
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2. of course
all do

torture doesn't work.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

it's barbaric!
it's illegal!
it's what the Romans did to Christians!
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-20-06 03:09 PM
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3. We only have to look at American prisons to see this...
Physical Torture wasn't used by mental torture was..

Even though they didn't commit the crime, they confessed because they wanted peace. (I am not saying all people in prison system are not guilty)

The kids that were accused of attacking the New York Jogger years ago comes to mind. They confessed because they were kept from their parents and were questioned for 14 hours straight. When the truth came out they were found innocent. The real culprit was still committing crimes while these kids were in jail.

The * Cabal enjoys the torture and is gleeful when looking at the pictures. They are a sick bunch.

Impeach, Impeach, Impeach!!
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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-20-06 05:15 PM
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4. kick n/t
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