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| Seven Britons Claim Torture by Saudis |
| 2004-02-27 |
| LONDON (AP) - Seven Britons who were imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over a pair of bombings said Thursday they were tortured by their Saudi captors. The Soodies really don’t like alk runners! The men, who were granted amnesty and freed last year, described being beaten on the soles of their feet, pounded with an ax and deprived of sleep. "The pain was excruciating to the point where dying was preferable to living," said Alexander Mitchell, 48, of Glasgow, Scotland. "It was the fact that I was innocent and my prayers and that the truth would get out that kept me going." Saudi authorities have denied the allegations of torture. The Saudi government says the men were kept in air conditioned cells, were well fed and were allowed to exercise "Nothing but the best for patsies we charge to cover up dissent in our country!" The men are seeking to clear their names of the charge that they were linked to two bombings in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, that killed a Briton and injured four others in late 2000. Some of the men appeared on Saudi television and admitted carrying out the bombings as part of a dispute between gangs dealing in alcohol, confessions they now say were forced. "I confess! I did it! Stop hitting me!" Geoffrey Bindman, a lawyer for three of the former detainees, urged the British government to acknowledge the men’s innocence and their torture. The Foreign Office said it could not make judgments about individuals’ guilt or innocence but that it was concerned that the judicial proceedings against the men relied only on their confessions. The department said it had expressed those concerns and its concerns about the men’s treatment to the Saudi government. Anybody in the Foreign Office bother to photo these fellows’ feet when they returned home? X-rays? |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 IIRC there is a method of proving their feet have been repeatedly beaten. Yet another case of modern Western technology breaking the lies of the cretinous ME! |
| Posted by: Craig 2004-2-27 9:16:36 AM |
| #1 The men are seeking to clear their names of the charge and then sue the pants off the Saudi government. And never was there a more deserving litigant. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-2-27 5:20:55 AM |