US TORTURE IS GLOBAL AND BRUTAL
Examiner testifies detainee's muscles falling apart

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

An Afghan detainee who was beaten in military custody and later died had injuries so bad that the muscles on his legs were falling apart, an Air Force medical examiner testified today in the trial of a soldier accused in the beating.

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The defense has said Brand was ill-trained for the situation and was simply following orders. Prosecutors say Brand was never taught or ordered to abuse prisoners.

No officers in charge of training soldiers involved in the abuse cases or those who oversaw operations at Bagram airfield in Afghanistan have been charged.

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From Guantanamo to Iraq to Afghanistan, US torture goes all the way around the world, and it's increasingly clear that there are far more than "a few bad apples" involved. If we are to buy the rationale that all these instances are simply the actions of rogue soldiers, what does that say about the military as a whole? Why can't they control their guards, prisons, and holding facilities? Why are torture techniques used in one place so similar to those used elsewhere? Obviously, as I have been saying for months, torture is Pentagon policy, not aberration. When it's already been well established that Bush's former counsel, current Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has written briefs on the subject of avoiding the legal consequences of torture, and that the CIA is flying detainees to other nations for even harsher "interrogation," there can be no doubt that the White House wants to torture US prisoners, and has been lying to the American public about it from the get-go. There's no way to understate this: our country is being run by deeply immoral men.



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