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Titolo: Trattamento giusto e corretto

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Analysis finds 21 homicides among deaths of U.S. prisoners overseas
LAST UPDATE: 10/24/2005 8:59:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - At least 21 detainees who died while being held in U.S.
custody in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed, many during or after
interrogations, according to an analysis of Defense Department data by the
American Civil Liberties Union. 
The analysis, released Monday, looked at 44 deaths described in records
obtained by the ACLU. Of those, the group characterized 21 as homicides,
and said at least eight resulted from abusive techniques by military or
intelligence officers, such as strangulation or "blunt force injuries," as
noted in the autopsy reports. 
The 44 deaths represent a partial group of the total number of prisoners
who have died in U.S. custody overseas; more than 100 have died of natural
and violent causes. 
In one case, the report said, a detainee died after being smothered during
interrogation by military intelligence officers in November 2003. In
another case cited by the report, a prisoner died of asphyxiation and
blunt force injuries after he was left standing, shackled to the top of a
door frame, with a gag in his mouth. 
One Afghan civilian, believed by the ACLU to be Abdul Wahid, died from
"multiple blunt force injuries" in 2003 at a base in Helmand Province,
Afghanistan, according to an autopsy report provided by the Defense
Department. 
Wahid, 28, was taken from his home by Afghan militia and accused of being
a terrorist. The autopsy report said he died in American custody, though
his father has blamed the militiamen. 
The detailed list of prisoners whose deaths the report considered
homicides includes two detainees who were beaten and died from "blunt
force injuries" at the Bagram Airfield detention center in Afghanistan,
according to the autopsies. 
Earlier this month, Pfc. Damien M. Corsetti, a military intelligence
interrogator with the 519th MI Battalion at Fort Bragg, N.C., became the
15th soldier to face charges since those 2002 deaths. 
Details about the detainee abuse and deaths have been released by the
Pentagon as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the
ACLU. Many of the incidents have been made public previously, and in a
number of cases soldiers and officers involved have been prosecuted and
punished. 
"The U.S. military does not tolerate mistreatment of detainees," said Army
spokesman Col. Joseph Curtin. "Past cases have been fully investigated.
When there is credible evidence, commanders have the prerogative to
prosecute." 
To date, there have been more than 400 investigations of detainee abuse,
and more than 230 military personnel have received a court-martial,
nonjudicial punishment or other administrative action. 
"There is no question that U.S. interrogations have resulted in deaths,"
said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU's executive director. "High-ranking officials
who knew about the torture and sat on their hands and those who created
and endorsed these policies must be held accountable." 
The data includes detainees who were interrogated by military
intelligence, Navy Seals and "Other Governmental Agency" personnel, which
generally refers to the CIA. 
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On the Net: 
ACLU documents: 
http://action.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/102405/
 
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Many of the
incidents have been made public previously, and in a
number of cases soldiers and officers involved have
been prosecuted and punished. 
-Stefano