Monday 11 May 2009

Now two detainees admit lying to avoid torture

One of our detainees, Ibn al-Shaikh al-Libi, has died. Initially al-Libi told interrogators he had no information about a link between Iraq and al-Qa’ida, so he was jammed into a coffin and then, 17 hours later, pulled out and beaten; he did not want to be tortured so he suddenly “remembered” that Saddam was training al-Qa’ida terrorists to use WMD’s in attacks. Bush used these fabricated lies to justify invading Iraq, but al-Libi later admitted that the whole story was bogus.
He has now conveniently committed suicide in a Libyan jail.

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/ibn-al-shaykh-al-libi-whose-false-claim

...and PoliticalBase is reporting that according to a Red Cross report, Bush’s torture program violated international law, and that Khalid Shaikh Muhammad, like al-Libi, lied to interrogators to stop the torture.

http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=7181

Also, former Senator Bob Graham has backed up Pelosi’s assertion that the Bush gang did not tell all regarding the torture in 2002.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/torture/bob-graham-i-wasnt-told-about-waterboarding-or-eits-in-my-briefing/

Incidentally Crooks and Liars scored a double today – they also posted a brilliant photo of the teabag protesters surrounded by all of the government-funded programs they condemn.

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