British Guantanamo victims sue Rumsfeld for authorising torture...

Of course, we all know how far this will get...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/guan-n25_prn.shtml

Four Britons who were held in Guantanamo Bay are suing top officials in the Bush administration, including Donald Rumsfeld, for authorising their torture at the US military base.

On October 27, 2004, a leading commercial litigation firm, Bach, Robinson, and Lewis, which is working with the Center for Constitutional Rights, brought a suit on behalf of the four.

The lawsuit seekd compensation of $10 million for each of the plaintiffs.
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All four were later transported to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, where they were held for more than two years by the US military as enemy combatants, even though they were never involved in any military of terrorist activity, or conspired with any terrorist organization. They never had any combat training by any forces and did not carry arms, and there were no good reasons for American forces to believe otherwise. They were released without charge in March 2004 and returned to the United Kingdom.
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The lawsuit against Rumsfeld sets out in great detil the mistreatment and torture experinced by the defendants whilst in American custody, both in Afghanistan and Cuba.

It atates that they were struck with rifle butts, punched, kicked, slapped, "short shackled" in painful "stress positions" and threatened with unmuzzled dogs. They were also forced to strip naked, subjected to repeated forced body cavity searches, made to endure extremes of heat and cold for the purpose of causing suffering, kept in filthy cages for 24 hours a day with no exercise or sanitation, denied access to necessary medical care, harassed in practicing their religion, and deprived of adequate food, sleep and communication with family and friends, as well as denied information about their status.

more...
www.wsws.org

There is a link at the end of the story which leads to the official complaint and can be downloaded.

I don't recall seeing anything about this in the mainstream press...nor have I heard anything about it from the parrots on tv! :shrug:

not what the poor prisoners went through but hoping that Rummy gets his day in court - and fooling myself that there is some justice left in this country.

their website.

http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp