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Associated PressTerror Suspect Claims CIA Tortured HimBy LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
9:50 AM PDT, May 15, 2007
WASHINGTON -- A Pakistani terrorism suspect denied any connection
to al-Qaida and said he was tortured and his family was hounded by U.S.
authorities, according to a transcript released Tuesday by the Pentagon.
Majid Khan, in a lengthy written statement, said the CIA and the Defense
Department tortured him after his capture in Pakistan as well as when he
was transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
"I swear to God this place in some sense worst than CIA jails. I am being
mentally torture here," said Khan in a statement read by his personal
representative about his time in Guantanamo. "There is extensive torture
even for the smallest of infractions."
Khan, who grew up in Maryland and is the only U.S. resident among 15
detainees the government considers most dangerous, also described
suicide attempts where he "chewed my artery which goes through my
elbow."
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