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In one of the most brutal scenes, a soldier punches one of the prisoners in the head and the stomach. He is then headbutted and kicked further…..Another scene shows a soldier walking up to one of the boys and kicking him hard between the legs from behind. The boy is seen doubling up in pain…..In some of the worst footage, a prisoner is kicked in the back and the body six times by two soldiers. As he struggles on the floor, one of the soldiers grabs him again by the shoulder, kicks him twice and then begins to hit him on the legs with a baton…..
Revealed: the terror prison US is helping build in Morocco
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other groups critical of the policy have compiled dossiers detailing the detention and apparent torture of radical Islamists at the DST’s current headquarters, at Temara, near Rabat…..
What’s Behind Muslim Cartoon Outrage
Ingrid Mattson, professor of Islamic Studies at Hartford Seminary, said Muslims aren’t upset just because the Danish cartoons disregard their religious beliefs. “These are racist depictions,” she said. “They are along the lines of anti-Semitic depictions once seen in Europe. They are deliberately offensive and aimed at a minority which is already feeling marginalized.”…..
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