Prisoner Abuse at Secret Afghanistan Prison

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Fresh claims US is running secret prison in Afghanistan

Prisoners are being abused at a "secret jail" in the main American military base in Afghanistan, according to a report from a US policy think tank.

Ex-detainees said they were deprived of sleep and held in cold isolation cells in the site at Bagram, says New York-based Open Society Foundations.

A BBC investigation in April uncovered similar allegations of prisoner abuse at a hidden facility in Bagram airbase.

The US military repeated its denial that it was operating a secret jail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11551409

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1. Notice the non-denial denial.

And they are right, this is not secret, has been public for years.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. not "secret" any more

[gratuitous]

2. "The US military repeated its denial"

Which means either (a) they're lying (they've done it before); or (2) it's being "operated" by some other agency (e.g., CIA) and the military is merely providing the personnel.

But wave those flags and genuflect at the altar of the holy soldiers.

[catbyte]

3. Oh lord, not again.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. Abu Ghraib, Hidatha here we go again

[Bragi]

4. Of course prisoners are being abused

Why else would you have a secret prison in a foreign land?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. We have never stopped having --

secret prisons and torturing prisoners over there.

Even under a Democratic president.

How hard does that suck? I am so ashamed of our country. :cry:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. yes I thought this would end after Bush

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9. The military denies it?

well, case closed I guess.

Campaign Obama vs. President Obama
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/respect-my-authoritah

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. without film I guess you're right