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from DemocracyNow.org
Lawyer: Gitmo Conditions Deteriorating
A military attorney for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is claiming prison conditions have worsened since President Obama took office. Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Bradley told the Guardian of London at least fifty hunger-striking prisoners have been forced-fed while strapped to chairs and beaten if they resist. At least twenty prisoners are said to be in such poor shape they’ve been put on a “critical list.” Bradley said the accounts of mass beatings of hunger-striking prisoners are unprecedented.
4 Gitmo Prisoners Returned to Iraq
In other news from Guantanamo Bay, the Iraqi government says four Iraqi prisoners have been returned to Iraq. The US says they were initially arrested in Afghanistan.
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LTC Bradley is known most recently for her hyperbolic comments about Guantanamo, most specifically about her client Binyam Mohamad. Mohamed, whom, she claimed, had been so abused that he was near death.
Miraculously, a UK medical team found that he was indeed “fit to travel” and in good physical condition with no evidence of beatings or other abuse.
There are sources to learn the truth about what living in Guantanamo really is like including Inside Gitmo: The True Story behind the Myths of Guantanamo Bay.
Bradley has become a spokesperson for the myth-makers.