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Wednesday, June 18, 2003

# Posted 12:12 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

SMALL BOXES: I think this headline says it all: Iraqi Emerges From 22 Years in A Wall. In fear of his life, Jawad Amer Sayed actually spent 22 years living in a 3x7 secret compartent built inside a wall.

On a related note, Kos points to this NYT article on the harsh conditions for captives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.

Kos says the conditions are no different than torture. Given the Justice Department's shameful mistreatment of suspected terrorists, I wouldn't be all that surprised to find out that the conditions in Camp X-Ray went beyond what was necessary from a security perspective. And from the descriptions given by the NYT, it is hard to dismiss the notion that the prisoners at X-Ray did suffer considerably. But torture? I'm not so sure.
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