While Bush administration fluffs off abuse charges from South Asian former Guantanamo detainees, it may have a harder time ignoring a lawsuit filed by former Guantanamo prisoner Airat Vakhitov. | Well, no, but let's play along, shall we? |
Vakhitov, a Russian, alleges in his lawsuit that he was subjected to psychological torture, which included being denied sleep and guards provoking Muslim prisoners by desecrating the Koran; Vakhitov asserted, "The Koran was thrown into a lavatory pan before our eyes." Vakhitov said that the guards' belligerent attitude towards the prisoners triggered disorder in the prison; in 2003 Vakhitov said at least 300 people simultaneously went on hunger strike. | Horrors! Now, why do you suppose a Russian would end up in Gitmo? Let's read on, between the lines this time |
Vakhitov, a resident of of Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan was the imam at a local mosque until 1999. | And if you can't trust a imam.... |
Following a clerical visit to Chechnya, | Spreading the holy word, doing good deads, small arms training, etc.. |
Russian authorities put him on a wanted list, after which he escaped to Tajikistan and then to Afghanistan. | Funny, a lot of al-Qeada members had the same travel agent. Purely an accident I'm sure.. |
Arrested by the Taliban as a "Soviet spy," | They weren't real big on outsiders without proper introductions |
Vakhitov was in prison in Kandahar when the Taliban were overthrown, but handed over to the United States by the new government and shipped to Guantanamo. | Guess the Afghans didn't buy the "traveling imam" story either |
In February 2004, Vakhitov and six other Russians were released to Russian authorities, who released them four months from a local prison without charges. | Yup, a totally believable source. |
|