http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=757802007
Al-Qaeda suspect 'tortured until he bit artery in arm' LOLITA BALDOR IN WASHINGTON A PAKISTANI terrorism suspect claimed he was tortured by the US to the point where he tried to kill himself by biting an artery in his arm, according to a transcript released yesterday by the Pentagon. Majid Khan, in a written statement, said he had no connection to al-Qaeda and that the CIA and US defence department tortured him after his capture in Pakistan and again when he was transferred to the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. <http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3554/0/0/%2a/k;42133315;0-0;0;13060 847;237-250/250;17674870/17692765/1;;~sscs=%3fhttp://members.scotsman.com/ma ilinglists.cfm?list=13> "I swear to God this place is in some sense worse than CIA jails. I am being mentally tortured here," said Khan in a statement read out about his time in Guantanamo. "There is extensive torture for the smallest infractions." Khan, who is the only US resident among 15 detainees the government considers most dangerous, also described suicide attempts where he "chewed my artery which goes through my elbow", during a hearing. The CIA and Pentagon have said their interrogations are legal and they use no torture. Khan's father, however, provided the most graphic descriptions of his son's treatment at the hands of US authorities. In a written statement Ali Shoukat Khan said his son was kidnapped in Pakistan and that there Americans tortured him "for eight hours at a time, tying him tightly in stressful positions in a small chair until his hands, feet and mind went numb". "He was often hooded and had difficulty breathing. They also beat him repeatedly, slapping him in the face, and deprived him of sleep," he said. The elder Mr Khan, a retired petrol station owner, said his son was not a terrorist and demanded the government "give him a fair trial in a real court". The government said Majid Khan told others that he wanted to "martyr himself" in a plot to assassinate Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf. They quoted his father and brother saying Khan was involved with "a group he believed to be al-Qaeda" and was involved in moving people across the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US government says Kahn and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, suspected mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, plotted to blow up petrol stations and poison reservoirs. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
