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19 Apr 2010 12:32

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World: Holy crap, kids: Iraq had a secret prison, apparently

  • 431 Sunni men were subjected to awful conditions in the prison
  • 100+ men were reportedly tortured in the prison, and had injuries
  • no Iraqi prime minister
    Nouri Maliki didn’t know about it source

28 Nov 2009 12:18

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U.S., World: The U.S. still has an operational secret prison in Afghanistan

  • The black jail was the most dangerous and fearful place. They don’t let the ICRC officials or any other civilians see or communicate with the people they keep there. Because I did not know what time it was, I did not know when to pray.
  • Detained Kandahar spare-parts dealer Hamidullah • Describing the scary situation he faced when he was held at a secret prison at the Bagram Air Base. Hamidullah, who doesn’t use a last name, faced a windowless concrete cell lit by a single light bulb and twice-daily interrogation sessions – the only contact he had with the outside world. Obama had shut many of these secret prisons down in January, but his order only applied to those run by the CIA. This prison is run by Special Ops forces. source