Children have become victims of the war on terror, according to Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and four other human rights organizations. They describe, among other examples, the fate of Yusuf al-Khalid and Abed al-Khalid, sons of Al-Akadiabrein Sheikh Mohammed al-Khalid. They were arrested in Pakistan, in 2002, together with their mother, where they were interrogated: the interrogators asked questions about their father (who they couldn’t find). According to a fellow inmate, the two little boys were badly treated: sometimes they didn’t receive water and / or food. “They were mentally tortured, by letting ants and other animals crawl on their legs to scare them.â€
In March 2003, after Sheikh Mohammed was arrested, the two boys were handed over to the CIA. It remains unclear whether the CIA was involved in earlier interrogations.
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