Gitmo Detainees tortured? Nu uh! No way, I have proof!
Posted by Neocon in Defies Categorization(via Jawa Report) An Afghani Gitmo detainee went on trial Wednesday and blasted the proceedings, demanded media attention, and made a slew of accusations.
Mohammed Jawad, who is accused of throwing a grenade that wounded two U.S. soldiers, initially refused to attend his first pretrial hearing, delaying its start. After he appeared in the courtroom, the judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann, warned Jawad that if he does not attend future sessions he could still be tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia.
In combative exchanges with the judge, Jawad said he has been mistreated at Guantanamo Bay — where the U.S. military holds about 275 men suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban — and denounced the tribunal system as unjust.
“I am innocent, I want justice and fairness,” said Jawad, who spoke through a Pashto translator and asked the judge whether journalists could hear his statements. “Since I was arrested I’ve been treated unfairly. I have been tortured. I am a human being.”
The only specifics he offered were that he’s had a “bleeding lip” for more than a year and he said he suffers from constant headaches from the bright lights in his prison cell.
His claim that he has been tortured is patently absurd, as proved by the esteemed documentarian Michael Moore. (Parody graphic from previous story)
Sadly left without anyone to shove their hand in him, left-wing puppet documentarian Michael Moore waits for another cause to come along. Could this be it? Mike could testify at the Gitmo hearings!
Moore stated in his latest film, Sicko, that the Gitmo detainees received the best healthcare possible in the United States… so Jawad just couldn’t have had a ‘bleeding lip’ for all that time. We all trust Mike, right?
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