US doesn't deny that 7 Gitmo POWs were sent to nations known for torture

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Farah Stockman
Boston Globe
Apr. 26, 2006 12:00 AM


WASHINGTON - At least seven U.S. prisoners at Guantanamo Bay say they were transferred to countries known for torture prior to their arrival at the base, according to recently released transcripts from military commission hearings and other court documents.

At least three of them allege that they were tortured during interrogations in Jordan, Morocco, and Egypt.

The transcripts represent the first accounts of rendition from prisoners who are still in U.S. custody, and they contradict statements made last year by the Bush administration that all suspects who are "rendered" to foreign countries are treated in accordance with international laws.

In the statements, made during hearings to determine whether the detainees are enemy combatants, some say U.S. forces took them to foreign prisons. Others don't specify who took them abroad, but most say the United States is holding them at Guantanamo based on confessions coerced by foreign interrogators.

Military prosecutors did not challenge the fact that they were sent to other countries and limited their questioning to whether the detainees were, in fact, tortured, according to the transcripts.