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Allegations of Abuse at Guantanamo

by TChris

We know at least some of the things that happened at Abu Ghraib. We will soon know more about allegations of abuse at Camp Bucca. We've also heard about abuse at Bagram in Afghanistan. Information about abuse at Guantanamo Bay has so far been limited, but it looks like there's more to come.

A lawyer for a Syrian-born U.S. airman accused of espionage said on Tuesday that potentially damaging evidence of how detainees were treated at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba may surface during his client's court-martial hearing.

Ahmad Al Halabi's court marial is scheduled to begin in mid-June. Whether Guantanamo abuse will become an issue at the court martial, and whether that evidence will be made public, remains to be seen.

But not to worry. Donald Rumsfeld assures us that U.S. interrogation techniques neither violate the Geneva Conventions nor endanger the soldiers and civilians in Iraq (and elsewhere) who must deal with the repurcussions of prisoner abuse. Feel relieved?

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