Washington Post: forced drugging of Gitmo inmates


	Washington Post: forced drugging of Gitmo inmates

masbury

4-23-2008 5:00 PM

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guantanamo bay, detainees, torture, politics, war on terror

masbury says:

Despite decades-old ban on use of "mind-altering substances"

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4-23-2008 6:43 PM

papananook

Not many people seem to care much that we torture...the ho-hum of the sheeple is deafening. 'Murrika!

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