London, Oct.14 : The chief prison guard of a jail in North Vietnam where Navy pilot John McCain was detained for six years, has claimed that he was not tortured during his captivity, but treated fairly well.
In an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Nguyen Tien Tran acknowledged that conditions in the prison were "tough, though not inhuman".
"We never tortured McCain. On the contrary, we saved his life, curing him with extremely valuable medicines that at times were not available to our own wounded," the Guardian quoted Tran, as saying.
McCain, who fell into enemy hands after his plane was shot down in 1967, has frequently referred to being tortured and has cited his experiences as a reason for vigorously opposing the endorsement by the Bush administration of the use of techniques such as "water-boarding" on terrorist suspects.
Shortly after his release in 1973 McCain told US News and World Report that his prison guards had beaten him "from pillar to post". After being worked over at intervals for four days, he said, he had become suicidal and agreed to sign a "confession" admitting to war crimes.
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2 comments:
Is this the Swift boat we need for Obama?
Seriously this guy was in a bad plane crash if he wasn't taken care of he would be a cripple or dead.
TGCN this information was given back in the 2000 Primary when McCain ran for President. Several soldiers who were with John McCain spoke up and said the same thing. His injuries were from following from the plan not torture. What each explained was McCain didn't like being in the poor conditions all were living in. He told the enemy his Father was a high ranking office in the Military so he was removed and given special treatment. As for the injuries all the soldiers were taken care of. Remember their was the UN law on how to reat a prisoner of war.
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