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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004
Evidence lacking in defendants’ claims
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan There
is no evidence to support claims
by three Americans that they were
severely beaten in jail since their
arrest on charges stating that they
kidnapped Afghans as part of a
freelance counterterrorism opera
tion, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
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“They are being treated well,”
said the official, who spoke on con
dition he not be further identified.
U.S. consular officials have met
with the defendants, Jonathan
“Jack” Idema, Edward Caraballo
and Brent Bennett, and the
American official said there was
no evidence that the men were
beaten.
The three face up to 20 years in
jail if convicted on charges of tor
ture and kidnapping. They were
arrested July 5 when authorities
freed about a dozen Afghan men
being held at a private jail. The men
were allegedly tortured using boil
ing water, and much of the abuse
was apparently videotaped.
Idema, a former U.S. soldier
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from Fayetteville, N.C., with a
checkered past that includes a stint
in federal prison for fraud, denies
he tortured anyone and claims he
was working with the approval of
the Pentagon and senior Afghan
authorities.
Videos of the alleged torture
have not been played in court.
The American official said there
is nothing to Idema’s claim that he
was working for the government.
“I can find no evidence what
soever that Jack worked for us or
was doing anything with the U.S.
government,” he said.
On Monday, Caraballo, a New
York City native, came to court
walking with a limp and on crutch
es, and displayed large bruises on
the bottom of one of his feet.
Idema charged in court that
his co-defendant had been beat
en. Caraballo’s lawyer, Michael
Skibbie, said only that he was “not
in a position to comment” on how
his client got the injuries. Idema
also claims that he was severely
beaten in his initial days in cus
tody.
The American official said the
embassy wants to make sure the
trial is conducted fairly, but also
recognizes the right of Afghanistan
to pursue a case.
“Our embassy is watching close
ly and we should let the trial pro
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he said. “The charges leveled are
very serious charges about serious
crimes,” he said.
The U.S. military has described
Idema as a freelancer with no
connections to it whatsoever.
However, it has acknowledged
receiving a prisoner from his crew
and holding the man for about two
months. The suspect subsequently
has been released.
NATO peacekeepers also
acknowledge being duped into
taking part in several raids with
Idema and his men, who wore
military-style uniforms with
American flags on them.
On Monday, a defense law
yer played a videotape showing
Afghanistan’s former education
minister, Yunus Qanooni, thank
ing Idema for arresting two people
and offering his full cooperation in
future raids.
Qanooni, who is running for
president and is considered one
of the chief rivals to President
Hamid Karzai, said Tuesday he
was tricked.
“Two months ago I received
information that an American
special forces operative had urgent
information and wanted to see me.
They came to my room, all wear
ing uniforms,” Qanooni told a
press conference. “They told me
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they arrested high-level al-Qaida
operatives and that there was a big
conspiracy... to kill me” and other
politicians.
“Because he said he belonged
to the special forces and had an
American uniform and told me he
had uncovered a plot to kill me, I
said yes, you should arrest them.
Sure, I told them congratulations
on their success.”
The prosecution says Qanooni
and other Afghan officials only
cooperated with Idema because
they, too, were tricked into think
ing he was a legitimate American
agent.
Idema was in the Army from
1975 to 1984 and received some
special forces training.
In the 19905, he was convicted
of fraud for bilking investors in a
fake company out of hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
He spent three years in federal
prison.
At one point, he sued Steven
Spielberg over the 1997 movie
“The Peacemaker.”
He claimed the special forc
es operative played by George
Clooney was modeled on him. A
judge dismissed Idema’s claim
and ordered him to pay $267,079
in attorney fees.
The trial is set to resume next
week.
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