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US Torture in Guantanamo Denounced by Former Australian Prisoner

Washington, Feb 13(Prensa Latina) A 49-year-old former Australian prisoner denounced he was tortured by US guards at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, The New York Times daily reported.

Mamdouh Habib said he was mistreated, beaten by US soldiers who tried to make him confess an alleged involvement in terrorist actions.

Describing his ordeal, Habib, who was later released as there was no evidence against him, said he was first arrested in Pakistan in late 2001 and sent for some time to a prison in Egypt. After that he was sent to Guantanamo where he was held for about 40 months.

He said he was kicked, humiliated and tortured with electric shocks at the Cuban territory illegally occupied by the US.

Habib was also forced to watch photos of his wife with overlapping images of Al Qaida´s leader Osama bin Laden and naked women.

 

 

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