Warning: this is not a joke
WASHINGTON — An accused enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay told a military hearing he was physically as well as mentally tortured there by having to read a newsletter full of ‘crap,’ being forced to use unscented deodorant and shampoo and having to play sports with a ball that would not bounce.
Majid Khan told an April 15 hearing called to determine whether he was rightly classified as an "enemy combatant" that he also had his baby pictures taken from him, that cleaners left marks on his cell walls and that detainees have no DVD players or other entertainment.
At one point, Kan said he wrote on his walls, "stop torturing me, I need my mails, newspaper and my lawyer."
The transcript, however, includes detailed descriptions of what Khan said was abuse at Guantanamo. He said he has been unable to see his daughter, was denied communal recreation for 11 weeks, went four weeks without sunlight and fresh air, was deprived of basic or comfort items for three weeks, had his beard shaved twice and was forced to wear a protective suicide prevention smock. (gee, sounds like, well, prison.)
And he complained that he was only given cheap unscented soap and shampoo, and that in the recreation room there is "no weight lifting machine, no toilet, no sink, no hoops, and even balls them self have little air in them; they hardly bounce."
I bet there was no afternoon tea with biscuits, either.
Wow, the horror! How dare they torture the poor jihadist like that! I demand he be given a decent meal, full shaving gear (with on-hands training of how to use it) and a decent meal! You know, something good and wholesome! Hell, throw them a pig roast for cripesakes! These terrorists need to be treated like citizens!
I wanted to send some good old fashioned NC Barbecue down, but, for some reason, they weren’t interested ;)
It is amazing what the MSM will consider torture.