Detainee says he was tortured with a scalpel

[Judi Lynn]

April 7, 2006, 12:19AM
Detainee says he was tortured with a scalpel
Terror suspect's lawyer alleges the attack happened after U.S. gave the man to Moroccans

Associated Press

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, CUBA - Binyam Muhammad, who has been accused of plotting al-Qaida attacks in the U.S., was tortured with a scalpel after American authorities handed him over to Moroccan interrogators, according to an account provided by his lawyer.

Muhammad made his first appearance in the U.S. military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay on Thursday, charged with conspiring with Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders to attack civilians and other crimes.

The detainee, 27, told the judge that he has been tortured. He criticized U.S. authorities for getting his name wrong, said he was not the person they sought and bitterly suggested the court refer to him as Count Dracula.

Military documents spell his name variously as Muhammad and Mohammad. The judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann, told Muhammad it was the prosecutor's job to establish his identity during trial.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3777611.html

[saigon68]

1. The Cleverness of US authorities shows no bounds ************Graphic PHOT

[HuffleClaw]

2. NONE of those guys has any business being tried for a single 'crime'

they are prisoners captured in battle, which makes 'em pows, bush labels are complete fabrications. when IRAN captures some american and labels him an 'enemy combantant' and announces similar plans for a show trial...

[Kipling]

3. I'm disgusted, but I'm not surprised.