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US Terror Suspects in Pakistan Allege FBI Torture

   VOA News 02 February 2010
   A  detained American Muslim, right, shouts "We are being tortured," as
   another  looks  on  from  a  prison  van as they leave following their
   appearing  in  an  anti  terrorist court in Sargodha, Pakistan, 02 Feb
   2010

Photo: AP

   A  detained American Muslim, right, shouts 'We are being tortured,' as
   another  looks  on  from  a  prison  van as they leave following their
   appearing  in  an  anti  terrorist court in Sargodha, Pakistan, 02 Feb
   2010

   Five  American  terrorism  suspects detained in Pakistan have declared
   their  innocence and say they have been tortured by U.S. investigators
   and Pakistani police in jail.
   As  the five suspects arrived in a police van for court Tuesday in the
   eastern  city of Sargodha, one of the suspects tossed a scrap of paper
   to reporters.
   The  suspects  wrote  on  the paper that U.S. FBI and Pakistani police
   have  tortured  them,  and that they are being framed.  The paper also
   said  the police are keeping the suspects away from their families and
   the media.
   U.S.  Embassy  spokesman  Richard Snelsire rejected the allegations as
   "completely  baseless."  Pakistani police have also denied the torture
   accusations.
   The  five  men,  all  Muslims  from  the  Washington,  D.C. area, were
   detained  in  December  in  Pakistan's Punjab province.  Police accuse
   them  of  plotting  terrorist  attacks in Pakistan and seeking to join
   Islamist   militants   fighting  U.S.  troops  across  the  border  in
   Afghanistan.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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