Black Shirts of Guantanamo

I made the mistake of reading this article by Jeremy Scahill just after dinner. It's tough reading, not because it is poorly written but because of the subject. The point of the article is that Americans are still exhibiting vicious, inhuman behavior at Guantanamo. While waterboarding and other "extreme" measures are no longer being practiced, the behavior of the Immediate Reaction Force (IRF) is really just as nasty.

The IRF was established as part of the Standard Operating Procedures for Camp Delta at Guantanamo. The IRF consists of groups of five MPs who are on call for emergencies. An IRF team specializes "in the extraction of a detainee who is combative, resistive or if the possibility of a weapon is in the cell at the time of extraction". According to some detainees who have testified at a Spanish investigation into Guantanamo, the IRF has gone into action with very little, if any provocation; an Army Chaplain claims the behavior could be brought on by not answering a guard.

Read more at
http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/black-shirts-of-guantanamo.html