Brutality
Some people I've talked to try to say that what we have seen in the prisoner scandal is not "torture" but "only" abuse. They are very wrong. A number of confirmed cases have come to light of prisoners being beaten to
death during torture, err, vigorous interrogations. As yet more proof of the brutality of the Imperial Torture Squads I give you the following:
June 9, 2004
Army Now Says G.I. Was Beaten in Role
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE, KY., June 8 Reversing itself, the Army said Tuesday that a G.I. was discharged partly because of a head injury he suffered while posing as an uncooperative detainee during a training exercise at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Army had previously said Specialist Sean Baker's medical discharge in April was unrelated to the injury he received last year at the detention center, where the United States holds suspected terrorists.
Mr. Baker, 37, a former member of the 438th Military Police Company, said he played the role of an uncooperative prisoner and was beaten so badly by four American soldiers that he suffered a traumatic brain injury and seizures. He said the soldiers only stopped beating him when they realized he might be American.
Bruce Simpson, Mr. Baker's lawyer, said his client is considering a lawsuit.