Post by W.O.M.I on May 24, 2007 18:42:09 GMT -5
...as opposed to some of the high school pranks some here call "torture":
newsbusters.org/node/12979
www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0524072torture1.html
Readers are STRONGLY cautioned that the visuals in TSG's article are VERY graphic.
Torture, Al-Qaeda Style
Not only do we have the "Idiot's Guide To Torture" written and edited by Al Qeida but we also have evidence that they have actually committed these barbaric acts on people- we have the victims themselves.
So let's recap:
Al Qeida- blowtorches to the skin, removal of eyes, meat cleavers, wire cutters.
Abu Graib- wearing women's underwear on their heads, sleep deprivation, temperature extremes
Al Qeida = torture; Abu Graib = not so much.
newsbusters.org/node/12979
www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0524072torture1.html
Readers are STRONGLY cautioned that the visuals in TSG's article are VERY graphic.
Torture, Al-Qaeda Style
Drawings, tools seized from Iraq safe house in U.S. military raid
MAY 24--In a recent raid on an al-Qaeda safe house in Iraq, U.S. military officials recovered an assortment of crude drawings depicting torture methods like "blowtorch to the skin" and "eye removal." Along with the images, which you'll find on the following pages, soldiers seized various torture implements, like meat cleavers, whips, and wire cutters. Photos of those items can be seen here. The images, which were just declassified by the Department of Defense, also include a picture of a ramshackle Baghdad safe house described as an "al-Qaeda torture chamber." It was there, during an April 24 raid, that soldiers found a man suspended from the ceiling by a chain. According to the military, he had been abducted from his job and was being beaten daily by his captors. In a raid earlier this week, Coalition Forces freed five Iraqis who were found in a padlocked room in Karmah. The group, which included a boy, were reportedly beaten with chains, cables, and hoses. Photos showing injuries sustained by those captives can be found here. (12 pages)
Not only do we have the "Idiot's Guide To Torture" written and edited by Al Qeida but we also have evidence that they have actually committed these barbaric acts on people- we have the victims themselves.
So let's recap:
Al Qeida- blowtorches to the skin, removal of eyes, meat cleavers, wire cutters.
Abu Graib- wearing women's underwear on their heads, sleep deprivation, temperature extremes
Al Qeida = torture; Abu Graib = not so much.