January 13, 2005
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Inmate Says Graner Laughed During Abuse
Jan 11, 3:32 PM (ET)
By T.A. BADGER
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A Syrian inmate at Abu Ghraib prison testified in a videotape played for a jury Tuesday that Army Spc. Charles Graner merrily whistled, sang and laughed while brutalizing him and forced him to eat pork and drink alcohol in violation of his Muslim faith.
Amin al-Sheikh, in a deposition played at Graner's court-martial, said Graner threatened more than once to kill him and told him to thank Jesus for keeping him alive. The inmate also said he listened through his cell wall as Graner and other Americans forced a Yemeni prisoner to eat from a toilet.
Graner handcuffed him to his cell door with his arms behind his back for eight hours. Graner also accompanied a U.S. soldier who urinated on him, al-Sheikh said.
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I can't believe the argument I most often hear or read is "Well, those terrorists beheaded people, attacked us on 9/11 and blow people up, so they deserve whatever is happening. Why don't you care about all those victims?" I swear....I can hardly stand it sometimes. If we treat people like that we can't expect them to have decency back. And 'round and 'round we go...
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