At 15:57 11-1-02 -0600, Marvin Long wrote: > > Human rights groups have protested the way the US treats its Al-Qaida and > > Taliban prisoners. The program showed footage of those prisoners being > > brought to a plane that was to bring them to the Guantanamo (sp) military > > base (on Cuba). They were hooded (so they could not see where they were > > going), in shackles, and tied to each other (and pulled forward) by a > > chain. On board the plane, they were strapped in in such a way that they > > could not even move their limbs, and were not allowed to use the toilet for > > the duration of the flight. For "security reasons", their guards were > > allowed to sedate the prisoners if they deemed it necessary. > >BBC reports the prisoners had portable urinals. Secretary of >Defense Donald Rumsfeld says that one person, not all, was sedated.
The news report I saw did not say the prisoners *were* sedated, only that their guards were *allowed* to sedate them if they deemed it necessary. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
