A coda from three news reports.
"He says he was tortured by the CIA and accused of links with al-Qaeda, but Tripoli's new military commander, Abdulhakim Belhadj, insists that he is no extremist or enemy of the United States." The U.S. accuses others of torture and tortures. Note that Mr. Utah has the same family name as the present Tripoli military commander, Abdul Hakeem Belhaj, who fought against the United States in Afghanistan and is suspected of having been allied with Al-Qaeda.
"A recently disclosed diplomatic cable shows that a top United Nations human rights official warned the United States government five years ago that he had received information indicating that Iraqi reports of American troops executing a family were true. Five of the victims, the official said, were children 5 years old or younger, and four were women." The U.S. accuses others of extrajudicial killing and does worse.
"Gadhafi's departure has also led to the opening of the archive of the capital's infamous Abu Salim Prison, site of a 1996 massacre that left at least 1,200 political prisoners dead. Their bodies have never been located."
Apparently Abdulhakim Belhadj survived. Maybe the prisoners escaped, or all weren't killed? On September 8, 1971 , an uprising by prison inmates occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York State . State police and national guard troops seized the prison; within five days the officers killed thirty-three prisoners and ten hostages.
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