2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistani Terrorist Suspect Denies Any Connecti

By Meredith Buel
Washington
15 May 2007

A Pakistani terrorism suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has denied any connection to al-Qaida and says he was tortured while in prison. The comments from Majid Khan were contained in a transcript¹ released Tuesday by the Pentagon of a hearing the detainee had at Guantanamo last month. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington.

Guantanamo Bay detention2 center

According to the transcript, Majid Khan says members of the CIA and the Defense³ Department tortured him after his capture in Pakistan and during the period he has been held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay.

Khan presented what he called his torture report during a hearing by a tribunal of military officers who are reviewing his status as an enemy combatant.

Portions of the statement that referred to his treatment while in CIA custody⁴ at an undisclosed location overseas were censored⁵, but Khan says he was treated with greater respect during his last 10 months in CIA detention than at Guantanamo.

In addition to his claim that he was physically⁶ tortured, Khan says he was also subject to mental torture while at Guantanamo. He says this ranged from pictures of his baby daughter being confiscated⁷ by guards, to noisy fans and a lack of entertainment.

Khan says the conditions drove him to try to commit suicide.

The CIA and the Pentagon say their interrogation practices are legal and do not include torture.

Though large portions of Khan's statement were censored, his father, who lives in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, gave a written statement to the tribunal about his son's treatment. Ali Khan says his son was kidnapped in Pakistan where he was beaten repeatedly in a mosquito-infested cell. He says while being held in Pakistan, Americans tortured his son for eight hours at a time.

Ali Khan also charged that he and other members of his family were followed by the FBI and pressured to speculate about his son's activities.

During the hearing, the government said Khan told others he wanted to martyr⁸ himself in a plot to assassinate⁹ Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. They quoted one of his brothers as saying Khan was involved with a group believed to be al-Qaida and participated in transporting people across the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

An unclassified summary of evidence presented against him alleged¹⁰ that while Khan was in Pakistan, he tried to obtain a travel document that would have allowed him to reenter the United States to commit a terrorist act.

Khan is among 14 detainees sent to Guantanamo last year from secret U.S. prisons overseas. Like all of the detainees, he was given a hearing to officially determine whether he is an enemy combatant. The 14 men are considered high value detainees and could be charged, tried and sentenced by the military under procedures approved last year by the U.S. Congress.

A 15th detainee, who was added to the group last month, is from Iraq and is described as a senior al-Qaida leader.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 censored   

受审查的，被删剪的

参考例句：

• The news reports had been heavily censored . 这些新闻报道已被大幅删剪。
• The military-backed government has heavily censored the news. 有军方撑腰的政府对新闻进行了严格审查。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 confiscated   

没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

8 martyr   

n.烈士，殉难者；vt.杀害，折磨，牺牲

参考例句：

• The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
• The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。

9 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

10 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为