Americans Face More Charges In Afghan Jail Case
The New York Times
Published: Jul 19, 2004
KABUL, Afghanistan - The three Americans who were arrested by the Afghan police on July 5 on suspicion of operating an illegal jail in Kabul appeared in court here Sunday and, at a preliminary hearing, also were charged with robbing, beating and torturing their detainees.
The three men, wearing plain clothes and U.S. Army combat boots, said they were Jack Idema, a former member of the U.S. special forces; Ed Caravallo, a journalist; and Brent Bennett, who gave no profession. Idema said he intended to call high-level Afghan officials, generals, corps commanders and ambassadors in his defense and said he had been working with Afghan and U.S. forces, contentions that Afghan and U.S. officials have denied.
``We were working directly with them and for them,'' Idema said, referring to the officials he said he wanted to call as witnesses.
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