Human Rights Report Confirms Bush Guilty of War Crimes

The Massachusetts-based Physicians for Human Rights reached that conclusion after two-day clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees, who had been held at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan.

The detainees were never charged with crimes.

"We found clear physical and psychological evidence of torture and abuse, often causing lasting suffering," said Dr. Allen Keller, a medical evaluator for the study.

In a 121-page report, the doctors' group said that it uncovered medical evidence of torture, including beatings, electric shock, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, sodomy and scores of other abuses.

The report is prefaced by retired U.S. Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, who led the Army's investigation into the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in 2003.
"There is no longer any doubt that the current administration committed war crimes," Taguba says. "The only question is whether those who ordered torture will be held to account."

Over the years, reports of abuses at Abu Ghraib and allegations of torture at Guantanamo prompted the Bush administration to deny that the U.S. military tortures detainees.

Since only 11 detainees were examined "the findings of this assessment cannot be generalized to the treatment of all detainees in U.S. custody," the report says.

However, the incidents documented are consistent with findings of other investigations into government treatment, "making it reasonable to conclude that these detainees were not the only ones abused, but are representative of a much larger number of detainees subjected to torture and ill treatment while in U.S. custody."

Four of the men evaluated were arrested in or taken to Afghanistan between late 2001 and early 2003 and later were sent to Guantanamo Bay, where they were held for an average of three years before being released without charge, the report says. The other seven were detained in Iraq in 2003 and released within a year, the report says.

All the subjects told examiners that they were subjected to multiple forms of torture or ill treatment that "often occurred in combination over a long period of time," the report says.

Among the ex-detainees was an Iraqi in his mid-40s, identified only as Laith, whom U.S. soldiers took into custody in October 2003 and who was released from Abu Ghraib in June 2004. According to the report, Laith was subjected to sleep deprivation, electric shocks and threats of sexual abuse to himself and his family.

"They took off even my underwear. They asked me to do some movements that make me look in a very bad way so they can take photographs. ... They were trying to make me look like an animal," Laith told examiners, according to the report.

According to the report, Laith said the most "painful" experiences involved threats to his family: "And they asked me, 'Have you ever heard voices of women in this prison?' I answered, 'Yes.' They were saying, 'Then you will hear your mothers and sisters when we are raping them.' "

The examiners concluded in the report that "Laith appears to have suffered severe and lasting physical and psychological injuries as a result of his arrest and incarceration at Abu Ghraib prison."

Another detainee, Youssef, was detained by U.S. soldiers nearly seven years ago when he tried to enter Afghanistan from neighboring Pakistan without a passport, the report says. He initially was held in an Afghan prison, where he describes "being stripped naked, being intimidated by dogs, being hooded and being thrown against the wall on repeated occasions," the report says.

A few months later, he was taken to the Guantanamo Bay facility, where he was subjected to interrogators who would enter his cell and force him to lie on the floor with his hands tied behind his back to his feet, the report says.

Youssef said the interrogators wanted him to confess of involvement with the Taliban, the report says.

Based on its investigation, the report calls on the U.S. government to issue a formal apology to detainees subject to torture and ill treatment by the military since fall 2001 in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.

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[mowiz111]

Starcatcher888

Go spread your hate elsewhere!

You have tried my patience, but you just can't help being a foul mouthed bigot!

BLOCKED

[viedeejo]

Normal countries bring criminals to trial.

America is not a normal country.

[metekhan23]

i am sure that bush will be sniped like kennedy...why?! he deserves it!

[Fitzlight62]

We all know that the Bush crime family will never be brought to justice for all their crimes. Starting with the murder of John f Kennedy and the killing of close to 3000 people in the twin towers. This crime family has been allows to commit their crimes without any fear of being brought to justice because we the American people do not have the back bone to standup and demand justice.

[mutherfuckyou]

@RonPaulClips didnt beligum already try to expadite bush and some other goons to try them?? I say we go french revolution and guillatine some money loving politicians and let them know WE THE PEOPLE rule this country not those coruupt war mongers. if you want peace prepare for war......

[MarkFFHH]

I agree..the Obama administration is Guilty of war crimes. get a rope

[KarmaCollin]

so? i am sure we treat them better than they would treat us. end of story.

[log140]

USA lost it`s respect in the world!! from a nation that was protecting Human Rights it turned into a nation that can`t understand the Geneva Convention!!

[shazycalm]

REASONS FOR USA TO INVADE COUNTRIES

1.INVASION IN AFGHANISTAN - Reason: searching the plotters of 9/11 (the terrorists on board were Arab/African Nationals. Who was Afghan?)

2.INVASION IN IRAQ - Reason: to make Iraq a better place (when was Iraq an ugly place?)

3.INVASION IN PAKISTAN - Reason: a Pakistani-US citizen caught trying to set off a bomb at Times Square NY (That's what a person dreams to do after becoming a Qualified Accountant + MBA)

4.INVASION IN IRAN - Reason pending...

[AnteiaAnshu1]

ahi am really lonely any guys want to cam let me know

[JoeBobJimboXBL]

because I would say "Stop, your all animals" and blah blah, blah... But what about the families that these terrorist killed? Maimed and tortured? No one gives a shit about them, as long as the terrorists aren't harmed, everything is ok?? BULLSHIT! They deserve what they got and a million times more. Line then up against a wall and shoot them... One less terrorist in the world...

[JoeBobJimboXBL]

Why do people say that the Bush administration needs to impeached and this crap? Nothing wrong has happened. Detainees and POW's are not covered by the Geneva Convention and ARE NOT US citizens therefore they have no rights, except for what God gave them. We don't have to treat them with respect, they murdered countless people, they deserve what needs to be done to them, not given any thing else. And I dont wanna hear about "What if it was you?" or "What if it was one of your family members?"...