Fort Meade - A female soldier at Guantanamo Bay says an order barring women from jobs that require physical contact with male prisoners makes her feel less of a soldier.
The military policewoman, whose name was not revealed, testified on Wednesday at a pretrial hearing for Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi at the US military base in Cuba. The Associated Press covered the hearing from a video feed at Fort Meade near Baltimore.
The government is contesting a military judge's interim order barring female guards from jobs that would require them to touch al-Hadi while moving him to attorney-client meetings and court hearings.
Al-Hadi contends his Muslim faith prohibits physical contact with females other than wives and close relatives.
Some female guards have filed equal opportunity complaints with the military over such orders.