Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Tape of interrogation at

Lawyers have released a video showing the interrogation at Guantanamo of the youngest detainee in the ‘war on terror’, a tearful Canadian teenager accused of killing a US soldier in Afghanistan. The video was released by attorneys for terror suspect Omar Khadr, who is shown being questioned by Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents in February, 2003 at the US-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The footage covers seven and a half hours of questioning over three days for Khadr, who was just 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002. A 10-minute tape was initially posted on the internet and a complete version was due to be issued later on Tuesday by Khadr’s lawyers, following Canadian court orders. In the tape, apparently shot through the flaps of a ventilation shaft, Khadr is asked what he knows about al-Qaeda and questioned about his Islamic faith. At times, he weeps uncontrollably and pulls at his hair in despair. He also displays his wounds to his interrogators. One interrogator responds by telling Khadr he is receiving good medical care and that he needs to cooperate. At one point, an interrogator tries to calm Khadr, who is clearly distraught, saying he needs to get a ‘bite to eat’ and adding: ‘I understand this is stressful.’

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