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Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama
The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals.
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"Extreme Repression Force"-- Spain's probe: Gitmo abuse devastating
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff If this article doesn't justify an investigation BushCo and others, then I don't know what will. Here's a sick little teaser: The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals. [...]Omar Deghayes (whose torture began long before he reached Guantánamo, and intensified upon his arrival): He also described seeing U.S. guards sodomize an African prisoner and alleged guards "forced petrol and benzene up ...

Obama's Prison
Commondreams.org Views — ... ) even despite Federal Judge James O’Reilly’s 43-page report urging him to demand that the US return Khadr to Canada: “The ongoing refusal of Canada to request Mr. Khadr’s repatriation to Canada offends a principle of fundamental justice and violates Mr. Khadr’s rights.” Your browser may not support display of this image. In response most Canadians have also looked away or shaken their heads disapprovingly.  They have moved on as well. One of Jeremy Scahill’s recent investigative  reports  exposes Gitmo’s “ ...

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