Afghan detainee beaten, doctors testify -at trial of former CIA contractor

[Kadie]

Afghan detainee beaten, doctors testify
By ESTES THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
4 minutes ago


RALEIGH, N.C. - A medical examiner testifying in the assault trial of a former CIA contractor said Friday that an Afghan detainee he interrogated probably died from injuries sustained during a beating.

A second doctor told the jury that a series of kicks to the groin could have fractured Abdul Wali's pelvis and caused other internal injuries that led to his 2003 death.

David Passaro, a former Special Forces medic working in Afghanistan as a CIA contractor, is accused of beating Wali during a 2003 interrogation about rocket attacks on a remote base housing U.S. and Afghan troops. Defense attorneys have said Passaro never hit Wali.

The doctors' statements came after several Army paratroopers testified they saw Passaro hit Wali repeatedly with a metal flashlight and kick him in the groin.

Dr. Reinhard Motte, a medical examiner from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., told the jury he believes Wali died from internal injuries caused by the beating described by the soldiers. He said the beating could have ruptured an intestine and caused an infection.

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[PA Democrat]

1. Wasn't Randi Rhodes being sued by a contractor

for saying they were involved in torture? Anyone know the outcome of that case?