[Reader-list] First Guantanamo Video Release! New Album!

[Paul Miller]

Hey! It's the latest release from your favorite band! The Guantanamo  
Beat! It's from a major record label! The U.S. Government!

Check the single!
Paul


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7507216.stm

The video was filmed secretly through an air duct

A videotape of a detainee being questioned at the US prison camp in  
Guantanamo Bay has been released for the first time on the internet.

It shows 16-year-old Omar Khadr being asked by Canadian officials in  
2003 about events leading up to his capture by US forces, Canadian  
media have said.

The Canadian citizen is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US  
soldier in Afghanistan in 2002.

He is seen in a distressed state and complaining that he has been  
tortured.

The footage was made public by Mr Khadr's lawyers following a Supreme  
Court ruling in May that the Canadian authorities had to hand over key  
evidence against him to allow a full defence of the charges he is  
facing.

'Help me'

During the 10-minute video - filmed secretly through a ventilation  
shaft - Mr Khadr can be seen crying, his face buried in his hands, and  
pulling at his hair. He can be heard repeatedly chanting: "Help me."

	
I hope Canadians will be outraged to see the callous and disgraceful  
treatment of a Canadian youth
Dennis Edney
Lawyer for Omar Khadr

Q&A: Military tribunals

At one point he tells the foreign ministry official and agents from  
the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that he was tortured  
while being held at the US military detention centre at Bagram air  
base in Afghanistan.

He raises his orange shirt to show wounds and tells them: "You don't  
care about me."

Later, one of the officials tells Mr Khadr: "You know I'm not a  
doctor, but I think you're getting good medical care."

Mr Khadr, the only Westerner still held at the jail, was 15 when he  
was captured by US forces during a gun battle at a suspected al-Qaeda  
camp in Afghanistan.

One of Mr Khadr's lawyers, Dennis Edney, said they hoped the video  
would cause an outcry in Canada and pressure Prime Minister Stephen  
Harper to demand the US not prosecute their client.

"I hope Canadians will be outraged to see the callous and disgraceful  
treatment of a Canadian youth," Mr Edney told the Toronto Star.

"Canadians should demand to know why they've been lied to."

Mr Harper reiterated last week that he would not interfere in Mr  
Khadr's military tribunal, due to begin at Guantanamo on 8 October.

Mr Khadr, now 21, faces multiple terrorism-related charges, the most  
serious of which is murder. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.