Inmate said alleged ringleader forced him to violate his Muslim faith
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – A Syrian inmate at Abu Ghraib prison testified in a videotape played for a jury yesterday that Army Spc Charles Graner merrily whistled, sang and laughed while brutalising him and forced him to eat pork and drink alcohol in violation of his Muslim faith.
Amin al-Sheikh, in a deposition played at Graner’s court-martial, said Graner threatened more than once to kill him and told him to thank Jesus for keeping him alive. The inmate also said he listened through his cell wall as Graner and other Americans forced a Yemeni prisoner to eat from a toilet.
Asked if Graner appeared to enjoy hurting him, al-Sheikh said through an interpreter: “He was laughing. … He laughed. He was whistling. He was singing.”
