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Posts Tagged ‘Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak’

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Judge Says Gitmo Detainee Tortured By Al Qaeda Probably Not Loyal To Al Qaeda

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Sentenced to 15 minutes of tickle torture.Which island paradise will this “lucky ducky” get to retire to, now that a judge has issued a ruling — with exclamation points! (!!!) — demanding that he be released? Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was captured by US forces in 2002 and held at Guantanamo for years, even though before he went to Guanatanamo he was held and tortured by the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Obviously, American authorities were concerned that he was still loyal to Al Qaeda because you never forget your first captor. MORE »