This is what qualifies as torture nowadays:
In the letter dated July 12 of this year, Begg protested his innocence of any crime and demanded to know the reason for his detention in Bagram, Afghanistan for a year. He said he was denied natural light and fresh food, had been held in solitary confinement, and was forced to sign and initial documents presented to him by U.S. officials.But wait it gets better.
He also said he was physically abused, stripped and paraded in front of cameras held by U.S. personnel. "During several interviews, particularly though unexclusively in Afghanistan, I was subjected to pernicious threats of torture, actual vindictive torture and death threats, amongst other coercively employed interrogation techniques," he said in an extract of the letter read by BBC radio.Hmmm. Sound familar? Abu Ghraib anyone? Yet, surprisingly, nowhere in any of his complaints about his treatment at Guantanamo and Bagram, does he whine about being forced to sit on the floor, blindfolded, restrained, and gagged, while one of his captors read an interminably long manifesto before they whipped out a knife and beheaded him. Posted by Kathy at October 1, 2004 02:47 PM | TrackBack