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REUTERS REPORT DETAILS U.S. TROOP ABUSE OF STAFFERS
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EDITOR & PUBLISHER - E&P today obtained from Reuters a report submitted
to the company's senior editors in mid-January, less than two weeks after
the journalists were detained, by Bureau Chief Andrew Marshall, who had
interviewed the three staffers separately. . .
Marshall observed in his report, "It should be noted that the bulk of
their mistreatment -- including their humiliating interrogations and the
mental and physical torment of the first night which all agreed was the worst
part of their ordeal -- occurred several hours AFTER I had informed the 82nd
Airborne Division that they were Reuters staff. I have e-mail proof of this."
Here are excerpts from Marshall's report:
"When the soldiers approached them they were standing by their car, a
blue Opel. Salem Uraiby shouted 'Reuters, Reuters, journalist, journalist.'
At least one shot was fired into the ground close to them.
"They were thrown to the ground and soldiers placed guns to their heads.
"Their car was searched. Soldiers found their camera equipment and press
badges and discovered no weapons of any kind. Their hands were cuffed
behind their backs and they were thrown roughly into a Humvee where they lay on
the floor. ...
"After half an hour to an hour they were transferred to a larger armored
vehicle. Ahmad and Sattar (along with NBC stringer Ali who I have yet to
formally interview) were thrown on the floor under the seats. ...
"Once they arrived at the U.S. base ~~~ they were kept in a holding area
with around 40 other prisoners in a large room with several open
windows. It was bitterly cold. They were given one blanket between two. All were
interrogated separately at different times and the worst treatment they
suffered was on the first night when for several hours (they believe it
was from around midnight until dawn) all of them were put in a room together
and subjected to hours of abuse.
"Bags were alternately placed on their heads and taken off again.
Deafening music was played on loudspeakers directly into their ears and they were
told to dance around the room. Sometimes when they were doing this, soldiers
would shine very bright torches directly into their eyes and hit them
with the torches. They were told to lie on the floor and wiggle their
backsides in the air to the music. They were told to do repeated press ups and to
repeatedly stand up from a crouching position and then return to the
crouching position.
"Soldiers would move between them, whispering things in their ear. Ahmad
and Sattar did not understand what was whispered. Salem says they whispered
that they wanted to have sex with him and were saying "come on, just for two
minutes."� They also said he should bring his wife so they could have
sex with her. ...
"Soldiers would whisper in their ears 'One, two, three...' and then
shout something loudly right beside their ear. All of this went on all night. . .
Ahmad said he collapsed by morning. Sattar said he collapsed after Ahmad
and began vomiting. ...
"When they were taken individually for interrogation, they were
interrogated by two American soldiers and an Arab interpreter. All three shouted
abuse at them. They were accused of shooting down the helicopter. Salem, Ahmad
and Sattar all reported that for their first interrogation they were told to
kneel on the floor with their feet raised off the floor and with their
hands raised in the air.
"If they let their feet or hands drop they were slapped and shouted at.
Ahmad said he was forced to insert a finger into his anus and lick it.
He was also forced to lick and chew a shoe. For some of the interrogation
tissue paper was placed in his mouth and he had difficulty breathing and
speaking. Sattar too said he was forced to insert a finger into his anus
and lick it. He was then told to insert this finger in his nose during
questioning, still kneeling with his feet off the ground and his other
arm in the air. The Arab interpreter told him he looked like an elephant. . .
"Ahmad and Sattar both said that they were given badges with the letter
'C' on it. They did not know what the badges meant but whenever they were
being taken from one place to another in the base, if any soldier saw their
badge they would stop to slap them or hurl abuse.
"The four were moved about half way through their detention to another
camp. Because they had totally lost track of time by this stage all are hazy
about exactly when this was. But according to an e-mail I received on the
morning of Sunday January 4 from Captain Ryan Derouin, my point of contact at
FOB Volturno who I had met in person there the day before, they were
transferred at around 0900 local time on January 4 to the 3rd Brigade Detention
Facility at St Mere, next to the Volturno base, for 'further processing.'
"When they were leaving the first base, soldiers were laughing and
saying 'Cuba, Cuba.' Ahmad and Sattar say that they were initially cuffed and
had bags placed over their heads and made to lie on the ground with barbed
wire all around them. They were told that if they raised their heads or
touched the barbed wire it would be very dangerous for them.
"Ahmad and Sattar say that when they were finally taken into the second
base, they were treated better. They were given adequate bedding and
their interrogation sessions were less intense. Ahmad says at one point he was
allowed to rest in a warm and comfortable tent."
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