http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/ Author & journalist Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-55459 Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:32:40 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-55459 [...] 2002), I reproduce below a transcript of the statements made by the “high-value detainee” Abu Zubaydah during interviews with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following [...] [...] 2002), I reproduce below a transcript of the statements made by the “high-value detainee” Abu Zubaydah during interviews with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-55440 Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary « freedetainees.org Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:36:24 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-55440 [...] 2002), I reproduce below a transcript of the statements made by the “high-value detainee” Abu Zubaydah during interviews with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following [...] [...] 2002), I reproduce below a transcript of the statements made by the “high-value detainee” Abu Zubaydah during interviews with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-55349 What Torture Is and Why It’s Illegal and Not “Poor Judgment” | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:17:01 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-55349 [...] An even more pertinent example is Abu Zubaydah, a supposed high-value detainee, held in secret CIA prisons for four and a half years, for whom the torture program was originally developed. Zubaydah’s case may well be the most shocking in Guantánamo, because, although he was subjected to physical violence and prolonged sleep deprivation, was confined in a small box and was waterboarded 83 times, the CIA eventually concluded that he was not, as George W. Bush claimed after his capture, “al-Qaeda’s chief of operations,” but was, instead, a “kind of travel agent” for recruits traveling to Afghanistan for military training, who was not a member of al-Qaeda at all. [...] [...] An even more pertinent example is Abu Zubaydah, a supposed high-value detainee, held in secret CIA prisons for four and a half years, for whom the torture program was originally developed. Zubaydah’s case may well be the most shocking in Guantánamo, because, although he was subjected to physical violence and prolonged sleep deprivation, was confined in a small box and was waterboarded 83 times, the CIA eventually concluded that he was not, as George W. Bush claimed after his capture, “al-Qaeda’s chief of operations,” but was, instead, a “kind of travel agent” for recruits traveling to Afghanistan for military training, who was not a member of al-Qaeda at all. [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-55345 roger hollander Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-55345 [...] An even more pertinent example is Abu Zubaydah, a supposed high-value detainee, held in secret CIA prisons for four and a half years, for whom the torture program was originally developed. Zubaydah’s case may well be the most shocking in Guantánamo, because, although he was subjected to physical violence and prolonged sleep deprivation, was confined in a small box and was waterboarded 83 times, the CIA eventually concluded that he was not, as George W. Bush claimed after his capture, “al-Qaeda’s chief of operations,” but was, instead, a “kind of travel agent” for recruits traveling to Afghanistan for military training, who was not a member of al-Qaeda at all. [...] [...] An even more pertinent example is Abu Zubaydah, a supposed high-value detainee, held in secret CIA prisons for four and a half years, for whom the torture program was originally developed. Zubaydah’s case may well be the most shocking in Guantánamo, because, although he was subjected to physical violence and prolonged sleep deprivation, was confined in a small box and was waterboarded 83 times, the CIA eventually concluded that he was not, as George W. Bush claimed after his capture, “al-Qaeda’s chief of operations,” but was, instead, a “kind of travel agent” for recruits traveling to Afghanistan for military training, who was not a member of al-Qaeda at all. [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-52236 Using Photos of Abu Zubaydah’s Torture to Intimidate and Threaten Other Prisoners « Later On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:51:53 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-52236 [...] meant, among other things, for use in intimidation and torture of other prisoners. Andy Worthington recounts how a prisoner captured with Zubaydah, Omar Gharmesh, reported to another prisoner in Syria’s [...] [...] meant, among other things, for use in intimidation and torture of other prisoners. Andy Worthington recounts how a prisoner captured with Zubaydah, Omar Gharmesh, reported to another prisoner in Syria’s [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-52213 Using Photos of Abu Zubaydah’s Torture to Intimidate and Threaten Other Prisoners « freedetainees.org Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:56:03 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-52213 [...] meant, among other things, for use in intimidation and torture of other prisoners. Andy Worthington recounts how a prisoner captured with Zubaydah, Omar Gharmesh, reported to another prisoner in Syria’s [...] [...] meant, among other things, for use in intimidation and torture of other prisoners. Andy Worthington recounts how a prisoner captured with Zubaydah, Omar Gharmesh, reported to another prisoner in Syria’s [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-48399 Guantánamo And The Courts (Part Three): Obama’s Continuing Shame by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:40:33 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-48399 [...] up at Guantánamo, essentially because the house appears to have been tangentially connected to Abu Zubaydah, the supposed “high-value detainee” who, according to the FBI and his lawyers, was no more than [...] [...] up at Guantánamo, essentially because the house appears to have been tangentially connected to Abu Zubaydah, the supposed “high-value detainee” who, according to the FBI and his lawyers, was no more than [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-37893 USA: Tortured Gitmo prisoner found dead-AlterNet « FACT – Freedom Against Censorship Thailand Thu, 14 May 2009 12:43:22 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-37893 [...] of controlled drowning) on three “high-value detainees” — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, and Abdul Rahim al-Nashiri — Vanity Fair published an article in which other informed [...] [...] of controlled drowning) on three “high-value detainees” — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, and Abdul Rahim al-Nashiri — Vanity Fair published an article in which other informed [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-37712 “America’s Disappeared” : Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi Has Died In A Libyan Prison « Muslim in Suffer Tue, 12 May 2009 03:01:24 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-37712 [...] Cheney (Part Two) (December 2008), Prosecuting the Bush Administration’s Torturers (March 2009), Abu Zubaydah: The Futility Of Torture and A Trail of Broken Lives (March 2009), Ten Terrible Truths About The CIA Torture Memos (Part One), Ten Terrible Truths About [...] [...] Cheney (Part Two) (December 2008), Prosecuting the Bush Administration’s Torturers (March 2009), Abu Zubaydah: The Futility Of Torture and A Trail of Broken Lives (March 2009), Ten Terrible Truths About The CIA Torture Memos (Part One), Ten Terrible Truths About [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/03/30/abu-zubaydah-the-futility-of-torture-and-a-trail-of-broken-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-37204 CIA Torture Began In Afghanistan 8 Months Before DOJ Approval « US and Their Allys War against muslims in the world, indicate of falling US and Zionist Empire,(Inshallah)!!! Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:04:50 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=2508#comment-37204 [...] that involves controlled drowning, to be used on a specific “high-value detainee,” Abu Zubaydah - that the “bright lines” so carefully delineated by Cheney began to blur [...] [...] that involves controlled drowning, to be used on a specific “high-value detainee,” Abu Zubaydah – that the “bright lines” so carefully delineated by Cheney began to blur [...]

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