Sunday, February 08, 2004

Marine testimony confirms abuse of Iraqi detainees

A former Marine guard testified yesterday that it was common practice in Iraq to kick and punch prisoners who didn't cooperate – and even some who did.

Lance Cpl. William S. Roy, granted immunity for his testimony, said guards often abused prisoners at the Camp White Horse detention center.

...[Three] Marines are facing charges arising from the death June 5 of Hatab, a ranking member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, while he was at Camp White Horse near Nasiriyah, Iraq.

...Roy testified yesterday that he, Pittman and another Marine once beat a sheik who had resisted being taken into U.S. custody. The man had a bag over his head and his hands were tied behind his back.

Source: Union Tribune
  Khilafah article

Of course the military has been denying this all along.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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