Sworn Statement on Beating Gitmo Detainees

AP reports:

Guards at Guantanamo Bay bragged about beating detainees and described it as common practice, a Marine sergeant said in a sworn statement obtained by The Associated Press.

The two-page statement was sent Wednesday to the Inspector General at the Department of Defense by a high-ranking Marine Corps defense lawyer.

This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.

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The inmates/detainees/putative enemy combattants should sue their arse off !