Afgan Detainees Deaths Ruled Homicides
Why is this just now coming to light? It screams "torture" at us, but we're willing to hear what Secretary Rumsfeld has to say before we get really angry.
Military coroners have determined that the deaths of two detainees while in U.S. custody in Afghanistan were homicides, CNN has confirmed.A criminal investigation into the December deaths of the two men is in its final stages, but a U.S. military source said it is not clear whether anyone will be charged. One senior military official said, "This investigation may not go well for us.
The men died shortly after arriving at Bagram air base north of the Afghan capital, Kabul. The first man died December 3 of a pulmonary embolism and the second one December 10 of a heart attack. Autopsies found that "blunt force trauma" was a contributing factor in both cases, military sources said.
U.S. military police run the Bagram detention facility.
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