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Did Americans Know About Torture at Africa's 'Guantanamo'?

The Daily Beast 21 hours ago

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IKOM, Nigeria—Ordinary people in Cameroon, if they know anything about the main camp of their country's Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide (BIR) at Salak airbase near the borders of Nigeria and Chad, understand that it's a center of counterterrorism operations against Boko Haram. They may also know that soldiers from the United States and France are part of those operations, and some are based there. But for a number of terror suspects who've been held at the remote facility for months, or even years, as one told The Daily Beast, this is Africa's "Guantanamo." Last month, Amnesty International issued a devastating report: "Cameroon's Secret Torture Chambers," documenting the cases of 101 people ...

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