The US CIA secret prisons in Guantanamo, Cuba is more than an incarceration edifice, it is an entire culture of military impunity in handling suspected enemies of the state. The Guantanamo prison will close but another one of such kind and culture exists at the US military base in Bagram, Afghanistan which is 40 miles to Kabul, the country’s capital. If Gitmo has 250 detainees, Bagram houses 670 suspects. The current Bagram Theater Internment Facility will be renovated to be able to accommodate 1,100 detainees in emergency situations, and will be isolated on the remote portion of the 4,000-acre US base. Obama will have his own Gitmo.
In 2002, news leaked that two Afghan detainees were beaten to death by guards at the military detention center inside the base. This became the controversial investigation into Afghan prisoner abuse cases. In October 2004, the US Army Criminal Investigation Command recommended the prosecution of 27 officers and enlisted personnel for criminal offenses related to the prisoner abuse. Torture has remained to this day as a strategic interrogation tactic, though.
According to the New York Times, one of the two Afghan detainees was tethered to the ceiling of an isolation cell by two sets of handcuffs and a chain around his waist. He had taken at least 9 peroneal strikes. The other Afghan prisoner, a 22-year-old cab driver and farmer who weighed 122 pounds, was dealt with the same peroneal strikes over a period of 24 hours, his body amassing over 100 strikes. Peroneal strikes are severe blows to the side of the leg above the knee and destroying the peroneal nerve, rendering the leg incapacitated. It is a known torture tactic.
Via TIME
FYI the appalling conditions you show in you picture are the US military personnel quarters. The detainees live in nice air conditioned buildings. If you want to talk about detainee treatment, you should probably talk about how things have improved since those early days. It’s not the same world as it was in 2002. The “humane” treatment has changed quite a bit for the better now that Soldiers are actually trained to do a job thought only for MPs. Look into it, you might just change your oppinion.