Griffin Claims British Government Knew Of Detainees Being Tortured

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Former SAS soldier Ben Griffin laid claims today in a press conference that Britain operated with the United States in covert operatives. He further stressed that senior officials in Britain knew that detainees were being tortured by the Americans.

According to Griffin , since 2001 the British government was aware of the tortures going on.

“This task force has been responsible for the detention of hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Mr Griffin told an event hosted by the Stop the War Coalition.

The shocking allegations today come as the nation is just admitting that the U.S. touched down in Diego Garcia to refuel during rendition flights in 2002. The government is claiming that they were unaware that the Americans used the area for “torture” flights until recent American admission of the fact.

Griffin claimed that while the government has been vocal about the closing of Guantanamo Bay, it remained silent concerning secretive prisons in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He claims that Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett, David Miliband, Geoff Hoon, Des Browne, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown all must have been aware of the tortures in the joint venture with the United States.

“Throughout my time in Iraq I was in no doubt that individuals handed over to our American colleagues would be tortured,” he added. “I have no doubt in my mind that non-combatants I personally detained were handed over to the Americans and subsequently tortured.”

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