Mohamad Bazzi/Newsday article: local reaction/comments to torture

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/8567071.htm

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Posted on Sat, May. 01, 2004

Photos of U.S. military abuse of prisoners enrage Iraqis

By Mohamad Bazzi

Newsday

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Perhaps the most disturbing photo for Iraqis was one showing a hooded prisoner standing on a narrow box, with a makeshift poncho draped over his body. The detainee's hands were stretched out, with wires attached to them. CBS reported that the prisoner was told he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box, although the wires were not connected to a power supply.

"That picture showed exactly the type of torture that Saddam's thugs used," said Hassan Saeed, 27, who sat with five friends in a fish restaurant overlooking the Tigris River. "The Americans promised us that things would be different than they were under Saddam. They lied."

Huddled around a rickety wooden table, his friends nodded in agreement. "Saddam's men also liked to take photographs of their torture victims - just like the Americans," chimed Abbas Omran, 34, an electrician. "They have no shame."

i am feeling plenty of shame .......

I am wondering how sick their minds are

never mind