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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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6.8.04

Former Guantanamo Detainees Release 115-PAGE REPORT
� The report discusses the sexual humiliation of the prisoners that first began when General Geoffrey Miller, later of Abu Ghraib notoriety, came to Guant�namo. For example, the prisoners would be stripped naked and forced to watch videotapes of other prisoners who, in turn, had been ordered to sodomize each other. The sexual humiliation was reserved for those who would be most impacted by it, those who had been brought up strictly in their Muslim faith.

� The religious humiliation was similarly focused. The guards would throw the prisoners� Korans into the toilet. They would forcibly shave the prisoners. There was a clear policy to try to force people to abandon their religious faith.

� The prisoners would be forcibly injected with unidentified drugs as part of the interrogation process. They were told they could only get medical care if they cooperated.

On July 22, the Pentagon released a 321-page report that cleared US forces of any significant criminal activity in Abu Ghraib, stating, "the overwhelming majority of our leaders and soldiers understand the requirement to treat detainees humanely and are doing so".The whitewash report stated that any incidents of abuse "should be viewed as what they are�unauthorised actions taken by a few individuals".

For their part, British officials have cynically claimed that they were unaware of any allegations of abuse at Guantanamo.

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