tells a few tales, perhaps an embellishment here or there, DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULD BE TORTURED. it doesn't mean they should be kidnapped from a foreign land, sent to another foreign land, not be charged with any crimes what so ever (EVER) but be tortured and kept in prison WITH NO CHARGES I REPEAT. who did all of this? the united states did. we have become THEM. we are the monsters here. i hope and pray this administration will NOT be the last one. i hope this one will not only be human and humane BUT follow the law (i also hope they arrest and punish the current administration for crimes against humanity, war crimes and everything in between)
Ex-Detainee of U.S. Describes a 6-Year Ordeal
By JANE PERLEZ, RAYMOND BONNER and SALMAN MASOOD
LAHORE, Pakistan — When Muhammad Saad Iqbal arrived home here in August after more than six years in American custody, including five at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, he had difficulty walking, his left ear was severely infected, and he was dependent on a cocktail of antibiotics and antidepressants. In November, a Pakistani surgeon operated on his ear, physical therapists were working on lower back problems and a psychiatrist was trying to wean him off the drugs he carried around in a white, plastic shopping bag.........
......................... Mr. Iqbal was never convicted of any crime, or even charged with one. He was quietly released from Guantánamo with a routine explanation that he was no longer considered an enemy combatant, part of an effort by the Bush administration to reduce the prison’s population.
“I feel ashamed what the Americans did to me in this period,” Mr. Iqbal said, speaking for the first time at length about his ordeal during several hours of interviews with The New York Times, including one from his hospital bed in Lahore........
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