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Four days
PrairieGhost
Veteran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/oct/06/four-days-inside-guantanamo-review
'Man 1: How’s your English?
Omar Khadr: Good.
Man 1: It is good, eh?
Omar Khadr: Yeah
Man 1: Look the reason we’re down here, we’re wanted to talk to you for a couple of days
Omar Khadr: OK
Man 1: Talk to you about a bunch of things.
Omar Khadr: No problem
Man 1: You’re good with that?
Omar Khadr: Yes.
Man 1: So I guess we’re the first Canadians you’ve seen in a while?
Omar Khad: Canadians?
Man 1: Yeah
Omar Khadr: Finally! (laughs)
These are the first words spoken between Omar Khadr and the team from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that has come to interrogate him. The atmosphere appears relaxed and Omar clearly seems to hope and believe this visit will yield positive results [for him]. He even appears confident - and why not? They treat him like a human being. They call him by his name, they offer him a sandwich. «A Subway or do you like McDonalds? Whichever one you want. A Coke?» The youngster gladly accepts, almost incredulous at this happy turn of events. Things are off to a good start.
It won't stay that way. Omar, barely 16 years old, had already been subjected to an array of American «enhanced interrogation» techniques. Having spent the last five months in Guantánamo, he would quickly break under psychological pressure from the Canadian agents. Indeed, by the second day he had already fallen into a state of profound psychological regression.'
http://www.youdontlikethetruth.com/?lang=En&page=Synopsis
Another extract (my transcription):
Interviewer: It's never going to get any worse than it is now. But...
Omar: It may get worse
Interviewer: In what sense?
Omar: More torturing. Put in an isolated room with no stuff.
Interviewer: Put in an isolated room with no stuff? That's... I mean, I wouldn't consider that to be torture.
Omar: I don't think you can handle that for one night.
Interviewer: Well, I mean. Fortunately I'm not in a position where that has to be...
youtube.com/watch?
v=D0lfRn9j9KU&playnext=1&list=PL69EFB227EF3C83F8&feature=results_main
'According to a Motion to suppress ruling[79][80] by Guantanamo Military Judge Patrick Parrish, various interrogation techniques were used on Khadr at Bagram including:
The "Fear Up" technique. This technique is described by the judge as "a technique used as an attempt to raise the fear level of a detainee." In Khadr's case it included telling him that a detainee who "lied to interrogators" was raped in the showers by "big,black guys".
The "love of freedom" and "Pride/Ego Down" techniques which, according to Judge Parrish are "attempts to gather information through appealing to a person's desire to go home or implying that he was not really an important person.."
The "Fear of Incarceration" technique which the Judge said was "an attempt to gain cooperation in order to return to a normal life rather than be detained."
Following the Hearing, the military judge ruled that there was no credible evidence that Khadr had ever been tortured as alleged, and that his confession was gained after it came to light that Americans had discovered a videotape of Khadr and others making IED's.[81]'
'In February 2003, Canadian Foreign Affairs intelligence officer Jim Gould and an official from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were allowed to interrogate Khadr themselves.[97] For three weeks prior to the Canadian visit, Khadr was deprived of sleep and moved to a new cell every three hours for 21 days in order to "make him more amenable and willing to talk".[98]'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr
Omar Khadr is currently serving an eight year sentence in a maximum security jail Canada for the unlawful killing of combat medic Christopher Speer, who was killed by a grenade thrown from a building, which had just suffered an airstrike that killed most of the inhabitants. Omar was shot in the back twice and permanently blinded in his left eye by shrapnel. He was fifteen years old at the time. The evidence is contested. Omar has been in custody since 2002. Under Canadian law, he will be eligible for parole next year.
'In April 2006, a new division was created to house foreign citizens being held on security certificates. It has been dubbed "Guantanamo North". [21] Omar Khadr was transfered to Millhaven from Guantanamo Bay on September 28th 2012.
[edit]'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millhaven_Institution
'Suzanne Nossel, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, said the Guantánamo prison should finally be closed. She said Canada now has a chance to right what she called the many wrongs against Khadr and called for an investigation into Khadr's allegations of torture.
"Given the Obama administration's glacial pace towards closing [Guantánamo], little and late though it is, today's news represents progress," Nossell said in a statement. "Khadr was imprisoned at the age of 15, subjected to ill-treatment and then prosecuted in a military commissions system that does not meet international fair trial standards. Growing up in Guantánamo and facing more prison time in Canada, his future remains uncertain."'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/29/omar-khadr-guantanamo-canada
'Man 1: How’s your English?
Omar Khadr: Good.
Man 1: It is good, eh?
Omar Khadr: Yeah
Man 1: Look the reason we’re down here, we’re wanted to talk to you for a couple of days
Omar Khadr: OK
Man 1: Talk to you about a bunch of things.
Omar Khadr: No problem
Man 1: You’re good with that?
Omar Khadr: Yes.
Man 1: So I guess we’re the first Canadians you’ve seen in a while?
Omar Khad: Canadians?
Man 1: Yeah
Omar Khadr: Finally! (laughs)
These are the first words spoken between Omar Khadr and the team from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that has come to interrogate him. The atmosphere appears relaxed and Omar clearly seems to hope and believe this visit will yield positive results [for him]. He even appears confident - and why not? They treat him like a human being. They call him by his name, they offer him a sandwich. «A Subway or do you like McDonalds? Whichever one you want. A Coke?» The youngster gladly accepts, almost incredulous at this happy turn of events. Things are off to a good start.
It won't stay that way. Omar, barely 16 years old, had already been subjected to an array of American «enhanced interrogation» techniques. Having spent the last five months in Guantánamo, he would quickly break under psychological pressure from the Canadian agents. Indeed, by the second day he had already fallen into a state of profound psychological regression.'
http://www.youdontlikethetruth.com/?lang=En&page=Synopsis
Another extract (my transcription):
Interviewer: It's never going to get any worse than it is now. But...
Omar: It may get worse
Interviewer: In what sense?
Omar: More torturing. Put in an isolated room with no stuff.
Interviewer: Put in an isolated room with no stuff? That's... I mean, I wouldn't consider that to be torture.
Omar: I don't think you can handle that for one night.
Interviewer: Well, I mean. Fortunately I'm not in a position where that has to be...
youtube.com/watch?
v=D0lfRn9j9KU&playnext=1&list=PL69EFB227EF3C83F8&feature=results_main
'According to a Motion to suppress ruling[79][80] by Guantanamo Military Judge Patrick Parrish, various interrogation techniques were used on Khadr at Bagram including:
The "Fear Up" technique. This technique is described by the judge as "a technique used as an attempt to raise the fear level of a detainee." In Khadr's case it included telling him that a detainee who "lied to interrogators" was raped in the showers by "big,black guys".
The "love of freedom" and "Pride/Ego Down" techniques which, according to Judge Parrish are "attempts to gather information through appealing to a person's desire to go home or implying that he was not really an important person.."
The "Fear of Incarceration" technique which the Judge said was "an attempt to gain cooperation in order to return to a normal life rather than be detained."
Following the Hearing, the military judge ruled that there was no credible evidence that Khadr had ever been tortured as alleged, and that his confession was gained after it came to light that Americans had discovered a videotape of Khadr and others making IED's.[81]'
'In February 2003, Canadian Foreign Affairs intelligence officer Jim Gould and an official from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were allowed to interrogate Khadr themselves.[97] For three weeks prior to the Canadian visit, Khadr was deprived of sleep and moved to a new cell every three hours for 21 days in order to "make him more amenable and willing to talk".[98]'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr
Omar Khadr is currently serving an eight year sentence in a maximum security jail Canada for the unlawful killing of combat medic Christopher Speer, who was killed by a grenade thrown from a building, which had just suffered an airstrike that killed most of the inhabitants. Omar was shot in the back twice and permanently blinded in his left eye by shrapnel. He was fifteen years old at the time. The evidence is contested. Omar has been in custody since 2002. Under Canadian law, he will be eligible for parole next year.
'In April 2006, a new division was created to house foreign citizens being held on security certificates. It has been dubbed "Guantanamo North". [21] Omar Khadr was transfered to Millhaven from Guantanamo Bay on September 28th 2012.
[edit]'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millhaven_Institution
'Suzanne Nossel, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, said the Guantánamo prison should finally be closed. She said Canada now has a chance to right what she called the many wrongs against Khadr and called for an investigation into Khadr's allegations of torture.
"Given the Obama administration's glacial pace towards closing [Guantánamo], little and late though it is, today's news represents progress," Nossell said in a statement. "Khadr was imprisoned at the age of 15, subjected to ill-treatment and then prosecuted in a military commissions system that does not meet international fair trial standards. Growing up in Guantánamo and facing more prison time in Canada, his future remains uncertain."'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/29/omar-khadr-guantanamo-canada
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