Dilawar's Death Mocks U.S. Claim on Detainees

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Dilawar's Death Mocks U.S. Claim on Detainees: Margaret Carlson
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- On Memorial Day, I watched the A&E movie about former Navy Lieutenant Commander John McCain's 5 1/2 years in a Vietnam prison. It was so painful I had to return repeatedly to my crossword puzzle. McCain's face was beaten to a bloody pulp, his bones shattered, his teeth knocked out. Guards hung him from the ceiling by his arms, one of which was broken.

The next morning, I watched President George W. Bush at his press conference in the Rose Garden respond to a question about an Amnesty International report condemning U.S. detention facilities in Iraq and elsewhere. Bush called the charges of abuse ``absurd,'' allegations by people ``who hate America.''

But surely the U.S. Army can't be dismissed as hating America. The New York Times recently obtained the Army's 2,000- page file on deaths at its Bagram, Afghanistan, detention center, an investigation undertaken only after the Times reported a cover- up. It's as chilling to read as it is to watch McCain's crippled leg being crushed.

The John McCain of this report is an uneducated Afghan villager known as Dilawar, who was sent by his mother to pick up his sisters for a Muslim holiday on Dec. 5, 2002. Before he got there, Dilawar was rounded up as a suspect in a rocket attack. The Times described his torment by the U.S. military in articles on May 20 and 22.




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Bloomberg Dilawar's Death Mocks US Claim on Detainees: Margaret Carlson
Bloomberg - 17 hours ago
... The John McCain of this report is an uneducated Afghan villager known as Dilawar, who was sent by his mother to pick up his sisters for a Muslim holiday on Dec ...

Torture: Knowing/Not Knowing
Democratic Underground, DC - 11 hours ago
... The man in question, Mr. Dilawar, was 22 years old, weighed 122 pounds, and stood 5 feet 9 inches tall. ... Here's the truth about Mr. Dilawar. ...


India Daily Late surge not enough
Calcutta Telegraph, India - 23 hours ago
... tandem down the centre. They were well fed by midfielders captain Muhammad Saqlain and Dilawar Husain. They earned three penalty ...
Pakistan has the last laugh Hindu
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Pravda No Accountability for Bagram
Pravda, Russia - May 27, 2005
... The Afghani, named Dilawar, had been detained on suspicion of firing rockets at a US military site in Afghanistan. He was a taxi driver by profession. ...

In US Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths
uruknet.info, Italy - May 20, 2005
The prisoner, a slight, 22-year-old taxi driver known only as Dilawar, was hauled from his cell at the detention center in Bagram, Afghanistan, at around 2 am ...

Contributed by: Anonymous
Infoshop News - May 21, 2005
... Eventually, two Afghans were tortured to death; one of them, name Dilawar, was killed even though interrogators knew he was innocent. By TIM GOLDEN. ...

Army file details deaths of Afghan detainees
International Herald Tribune, France - May 20, 2005
The prisoner, a slight, 22-year-old taxi driver known only as Dilawar, was hauled from his cell at the detention center in Bagram, Afghanistan, about 2 am to ...

Report details Afghan torture
The Argus, CA - May 20, 2005
... An interrogator told Dilawar that he could see a doctor after they finished with him. ... Several hours passed before an emergency room doctor finally saw Dilawar. ...

The Insufferable Silence
uruknet.info, Italy - May 25, 2005
... legacy is. Mr. Dilawar was a quiet man with a wife and daughter who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. The place was ...

US military abused prisoners in Afghanistan
The Militant, NY - May 26, 2005
... Dilawar, a 22-year-old taxi driver was one of those tortured to death. ... Dilawar was reportedly chained by his wrists to the top of his cell for days. ...

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