Guant�namo detainee: water dripped on his head, was forced to bark like a dog, and kept awake

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Guant�namo detainees are 'bad people', says Cheney: "Staff and agencies | Monday June 13, 2005
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Pressure has been increasing on the Bush administration over allegations of torture and abuse of detainees at Guantánamo, with more allegations of abuse in yesterday's edition of Time magazine.

Time reported that a Saudi al-Qaida suspect, Mohamed al-Kahtani, had water dripped on his head, was forced to bark like a dog, and kept awake by the music of Christina Aguilera, according to extracts of prison logs. ...
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Time said interrogators used such techniques as dripping water on Mr Kahtani's head; strip-searching him and making him stand nude; and depriving him of sleep. At one point, after receiving fluid intravenously for dehydration, Mr Kahtani was told to urinate in his pants by interrogators who refused his request to use the bathroom so they could continue with their questioning.

The US defence department would not comment on the specific allegations about Mr Kahtani. However, it said it was committed to the "unequivocal standard of humane treatment for all detainees, and Kahtani's interrogation plan was guided by that strict standard" in a " controlled environment, with active supervision and oversight".

In a 1,200 word response to the Time story, the department said the interrogation "was guided by a very detailed plan and conducted by trained professionals motivated by a desire to gain actionable intelligence, to include information that might prevent additional attacks on America".