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Article: Bush dismisses 'absurd' Amnesty report; Says every complaint investigated.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Byline: Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush yesterday called a report by Amnesty International "absurd" for its charge that the United States is mistreating terrorist suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying accusations were being made by "people who hate America."
"It's absurd. It's an absurd allegation," the president said in a Rose Garden press conference. "We've investigated every single complaint against the detainees. It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of - and the allegations - by people who were held in detention, people who hate America ..."
Mr. Bush, who was at times combative in the ...