International Herald Tribune: Afghanistan presses prison case
The three Americans who were arrested by the Afghan police on July 5 on suspicion of operating an illegal jail in Kabul appeared in court here and, at a preliminary hearing, were also charged with robbing, beating and torturing their detainees.
The three men, wearing plain clothes and U.S. Army combat boots, said on Sunday they were Jack Idema, a former member of the U.S. special forces; Edward Caraballo, a journalist; and Brent Bennett, who gave no profession.
Idema said he intended to call high-level Afghan officials, generals, corps commanders and ambassadors in his defense.
He said he had been working with Afghan and U.S. forces, contentions that Afghan and U.S. officials have denied.
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