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"This isn't Somalia," O'[Connor] said. "Let's get the scale properly.
"There's an allegation of some potential abuse of a prisoner. There's no proof that this actually happened. That's what these investigations will find out."Attaran complained to the commission late last month, saying documents he obtained under the Access to Information Act suggest three detainees were injured while in Canadian custody in Afghanistan last April. He said his "reasoned guesses" drawn from the heavily edited documents are that the men were beaten during interrogation by Canadian military police and that the police then "shortcutted" standard procedures to hand the men over to the Afghan authorities without a proper and documented medical examination.See the full content of this document
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Soldiers Face Allegations of Prisoner Abuse
Canadian military investigating
OTTAWA -- Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor was quick to reject comparisons between allegations of abuse of Afghan prisoners ...See the full content of this document
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